Red Team Lead Engineer

What you'll do

• Lead and execute adversary-emulation activities to assess organizational defenses and security control effectiveness.
• Perform targeted security assessments across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and critical enterprise technologies.
• Guide team members by assigning work and reviewing testing approaches for quality and safety.
• Design realistic, threat-informed testing scenarios in collaboration with security, technology, and risk stakeholders.
• Evaluate detection and response capabilities and drive improvements through coordinated purple-team efforts.
• Develop and refine testing methodologies, tooling standards, and reporting practices to mature the program.
• Deliver audit-ready reports and provide guidance on remediation to reduce identified risks.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent advanced security experience.
• 4–6 years leading and/or conducting penetration testing or red-team activities.
• Advanced proficiency in offensive security techniques and threat-informed testing methodologies.
• Broad technical expertise across networks, operating systems, cloud environments, and core security controls.
• Strong knowledge of adversary behaviors and attack frameworks to guide scenario design.
• Experience coordinating with defensive teams to evaluate detections.
• Ability to script and automate tasks using common languages.
• Exceptional communication and reporting skills for diverse audiences (preferred).