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About the job
Key Responsibilities
- Simulate real-world attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to assess and improve the security posture of applications, APIs, and infrastructure.
- Identify, exploit, and document vulnerabilities in products and supporting systems using both manual techniques and automated tools.
- Develop and execute custom attack scenarios, including phishing, social engineering, and lateral movement campaigns, to test organizational defenses.
- Prepare comprehensive assessment reports, including reproduction steps and actionable remediation guidance for engineering teams.
- Stay current with the latest security threats, adversary methodologies (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK framework), and offensive security tooling.
- Assist in simulating adversary attacks to identify vulnerabilities and logic flaws in web and product features.
- Help develop automation scripts, tools, and documentation to support security testing activities.
- Continuously learn and apply the latest security testing techniques, tools, and industry best practices.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in offensive security, penetration testing, or red teaming.
- Solid understanding of basic networking, web technologies, and computer systems.
- Familiarity with at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell).
- Demonstrated interest in cybersecurity (capture the flag participation, open-source contributions, hacking challenges, security coursework, etc.).
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
- Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced security environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certifications such as CCRT(S), OSEP, GPEN, OSCP, SANS SEC565.
- Knowledge of common attack patterns, OWASP Top 10, or cloud security basics.
- Contributions to the security community in the form of research, CVEs, tools, or publications.