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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in offensive security, including Red Team operations, adversary emulation, and vulnerability analysis, with a strong focus on AI security risks and hands-on testing across various attack surfaces. Proficient in scripting and utilizing security tools to enhance control validation and threat-informed testing.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Offensive Security TestingAdversary EmulationAI Security RisksScripting with PythonVulnerability Analysis
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Hard Skills
Red Team OperationsPenetration TestingControl ValidationThreat-Informed TestingVulnerability AnalysisAI GovernanceAttack TechniquesScriptingAdversarial TestingMITRE ATT&CK Mapping
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationDocumentation
Tools & Technologies
Offensive Security ToolsAI-Assisted ToolsCloud PlatformsAPIsData Integrations
Certifications & Qualifications
OSCPGPENGWAPTGCIHGCIAGSECCISSP
Industry Keywords
CybersecurityInformation TechnologyData SecurityNISTFFIECGLBASOXPCI
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloudCyber SecurityJavaScriptLinuxPython
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Support planning and execution of Red Team, Purple Team, adversary simulation, and control validation engagements
- Assist with target research, scope development, rules of engagement, infrastructure preparation, and operational documentation
- Coordinate with defensive, engineering, risk, and business stakeholders
- Perform hands-on offensive security testing across network, endpoint, identity, application, cloud, and selected physical attack surfaces
- Execute reconnaissance, initial access validation, privilege escalation, lateral movement, persistence simulation, and control evasion in approved environments
- Develop, modify, and safely use scripts, payloads, tooling, and tradecraft for adversary emulation
- Support adversarial testing of AI and LLM systems, including prompt injection, data leakage, tool misuse, model behavior abuse, and guardrail bypass scenarios
- Analyze AI-enabled applications, copilots, automation workflows, agents, plugins, APIs, and data integrations for security and abuse risks
- Document AI security observations, risk impact, exploitability, control gaps, and remediation recommendations
- Use AI-assisted analysis for research, data review, reporting, detection mapping, and test-case development
- Track emerging AI threats, attacker use of AI, and relevant industry guidance
- Research real-world threat actor TTPs and emerging AI-enabled attack techniques
- Sponsor development of red team tools, scripts, and repeatable methodologies
- Establish standards for tooling governance, safe use, and audit readiness
- Prepare engagement notes, evidence packages, attack narratives, findings, remediation guidance, and executive-ready summaries
- Map observations to frameworks, controls, detections, and business risk themes
- Partner with blue team, cyber defense, engineering, governance, and application teams to validate remediation and improve control effectiveness
Requirements
What you’ll need- 4+ years of experience in offensive security, red team operations, penetration testing, application security, cloud security, cyber defense, or related security assessment roles
- Hands-on experience supporting security assessments, adversary emulation, control validation, vulnerability analysis, or threat-informed testing
- Exposure to AI security, LLM testing, AI governance, data security, machine learning workflows, or secure use of AI-assisted tools is preferred
- Working knowledge of attack techniques across Windows, Linux, Active Directory, web applications, APIs, cloud platforms, and identity systems
- Ability to write or modify scripts and tools using Python, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, or similar
- Familiarity with offensive security tools, vulnerability validation, command-and-control concepts, detection engineering concepts, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- Understanding of AI security risks including prompt injection, excessive agency, insecure tool use, sensitive data exposure, insecure plugins, model abuse, and AI-enabled social engineering
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent experience is preferred
- Security certifications such as OSCP, GPEN, GWAPT, GCIH, GCIA, GSEC, CISSP, or similar are preferred but not required
- Familiarity with NIST, FFIEC, GLBA, SOX, PCI, or internal control standards is beneficial
- Visa sponsorship/support is based on business needs; sponsorship is not anticipated for this position
Benefits
Comp & perks- Discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
- Retirement plans
- Educational assistance and training programs
- Income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities
- Paid maternity and parental bonding leave
- Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
- Hybrid work schedule: four days on-site and one remote day per week
