Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years 5+ years

Education Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Category Cybersecurity

About this role

This role involves conducting offensive security assessments, simulating advanced threat scenarios, and developing security tooling to protect AI systems and cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct red and purple team engagements
Simulate advanced threat actors
Contribute to security tooling
Work cross-functionally with security teams
Document and present findings

Technical Overview

The technical environment includes cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), Kubernetes, scripting in Python and Go, and security tools like SIEM and EDR platforms.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior cybersecurity professional with 5+ years of experience in red teaming and offensive security operations. They possess deep expertise in cloud security, adversarial simulations, and vulnerability discovery, with strong engineering skills in Python and Go.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operationsDeep expertise in at least two of: macOS securityLinux SecurityCloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure)KubernetesCI/CD pipelinesExperience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environmentsStrong engineering skills (PythonGoor similar)Ability to write clear findings that drive action

Nice-to-Have Skills

Prior work at organizations with state actor threat modelsInterest in AI safetyBackground testing AI/ML systemsFamiliarity with detection engineering and SIEM/EDR platformsExperience with data center security or hardware-based attacks

Tools & Platforms

GCPAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureKubernetesSIEMEDR

Required Skills

Red teamingPurple teamThreat actorsCloud securityGCPAWSAzureKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesPythonGoVulnerabilitiesAdversarial simulationsDetection engineeringSIEMEDRHardware-based attacks

Hard Skills

Red teamingPurple teamThreat actorsCloud securityGCPAWSAzureKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesPythonGoVulnerabilitiesAdversarial simulationsDetection engineeringSIEMEDRHardware-based attacks

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationRisk analysisPresentationTeamwork

Industry & Role

Industry Technology/SaaS

Job Function Offensive security and threat simulation for AI and cloud infrastructure

Keywords for Your Resume

Red teamingPurple teamThreat actorsCloud securityGCPAWSAzureKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesPythonGoVulnerabilitiesAdversarial simulationsDetection engineeringSIEMEDRHardware-based attacks

Deal Breakers

Less than 5 years of relevant experience, Lack of expertise in cloud security or adversarial simulations, No experience with Python or Go, Inability to communicate findings effectively

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