Senior Offensive Security Engineer – Red Team
RegionUSA
Job description
Job Description: - Provide day-to-day technical and operational leadership for the Cyber Defense Red Team
- Prioritize work, assign engagements, oversee execution, escalate issues, and coordinate deliverables
- Coach and mentor team members and support technical and leadership development
- Coordinate third-party vendors, dependencies, stakeholders, risks, blockers, and decisions
- Partner with Detection Engineering, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, and Incident Response teams on purple team exercises
- Develop and execute maturity roadmaps, testing strategies, methodologies, standards, tooling, automation, and quality assurance practices
- Define and report program metrics covering testing coverage, execution quality, remediation outcomes, and control validation
- Lead intelligence-driven adversary emulation and full-scope red team operations
- Conduct physical, external/internal, wireless, web application, and mobile application security assessments
- Lead assessments across cloud platforms, identity infrastructure, privileged access management, hybrid enterprise environments, and embedded systems
- Develop and operationalize Red Team tooling, automation, and adversary emulation capabilities
- Lead adversarial testing of AI applications, machine learning systems, generative AI, large language models, and autonomous agents
- Review engagement plans, rules of engagement, evidence, findings, and reports
- Coordinate third-party penetration testing and provide post-mortem reports and executive briefings
- Evaluate SOC, EDR/XDR, SIEM, and other security-layer detection and response capabilities
- Track remediation, validate fixes through retesting and attack path analysis, and support CTEM initiatives
- Research novel offensive techniques, incorporate threat intelligence, and deliver presentations and knowledge-sharing sessions
Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 12+ years of experience in Red Team or Penetration Testing roles
- Experience leading complex offensive security engagements and coordinating technical teams
- Experience building or maturing a Red Team, adversarial simulation, or penetration testing program
- Proficiency with Red Team tools and Command-and-Control (C2) frameworks
- Advanced networking knowledge and attack simulation experience
- Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and adversary TTPs
- Deep understanding of penetration testing methodologies such as PTES, ISECOM, ISSAF, or OSSTMM
- Knowledge of AI security risks and adversarial testing techniques
- Strong scripting and programming skills in PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, Bash, Golang, or similar languages
- Deep understanding of Windows, Linux, Kali Linux, and macOS
- Direct experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Strong research and reporting skills
- Ability to translate technical findings into actionable recommendations for technical and executive audiences
- Strong team leadership, coaching, prioritization, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills
- Experience presenting findings, metrics, and recommendations to executive leadership, governance committees, audit stakeholders, and technical teams
- Experience defining strategy, establishing standards, measuring performance, and driving continuous improvement
- Ability and willingness to travel for on-site assessments
Benefits: - Base salary range of $96,000.00–$181,000.00 annually
- Eligibility for incentive compensation, which may include production, commission, and/or discretionary incentives
- Flexible workspace options when roles can be performed effectively in a mobile environment
- Benefits for which the position is eligible (specific benefits linked in posting)
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