✦ Luna Orbit — Cybersecurity

Lead, Offensive Security Engineer

at Prudential Financial

📍 Newark, NJ, USA Unknown 💰 $128K – $190K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $128K – $190K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Cybersecurity

This role involves conducting offensive security assessments, penetration testing, and threat emulation to identify vulnerabilities and improve Prudential's security posture through simulated attack scenarios and research.

  • Conduct penetration tests
  • Perform vulnerability exploitation
  • Lead threat modeling exercises
  • Support bug bounty programs
  • Research emerging attack techniques

The position requires expertise in red and purple team operations, penetration testing, vulnerability exploitation, threat modeling, and scripting with Python and Lua, primarily within AWS cloud environments.

The ideal candidate is an intermediate offensive security engineer with hands-on experience in penetration testing, vulnerability exploitation, and threat modeling. They are proficient with AWS cloud services, scripting languages like Python and Lua, and have a strong research mindset to stay ahead of emerging threats.

Penetration TestingVulnerability ExploitationThreat ModelingRed TeamPurple TeamSecurity Research
Bug Bounty ProgramTTPsThreat IntelligenceAutomationScriptingAWSECSEKS
AWSECSEKSPythonLua
Red TeamPurple TeamPenetration TestingVulnerability ExploitationThreat ModelingOffensive Security ToolsSecurity ResearchThreat IntelligenceAWSECSEKSPythonLua
Red TeamPurple TeamPenetration TestingVulnerability ExploitationThreat ModelingOffensive Security ToolsSecurity ResearchThreat IntelligenceTTPsActive DirectoryWeb ApplicationsAI SystemsSaaSAWSECSEKSPythonLua
CommunicationTeamworkProblem SolvingCollaborationResearchAnalytical Thinking
Industry Financial Services / Insurance
Job Function Perform offensive security assessments and vulnerability research
Role Subtype Cybersecurity
Tech Domains Active Directory, Cybersecurity, Security Tools, Exploit Frameworks, Threat Intelligence
Red TeamPurple TeamPenetration TestingVulnerability ExploitationThreat ModelingOffensive Security ToolsSecurity ResearchThreat IntelligenceAWSAmazon Web ServicesECSEKSPythonLuaActive DirectoryWeb ApplicationsAI SystemsSaaS

Lack of experience in penetration testing or offensive security, No familiarity with AWS or cloud environments, Absence of scripting skills in Python or Lua

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