Senior Red Team Operator

The role

You will simulate real-world cyberattacks to assess security controls and incident response capabilities. You will conduct reconnaissance, exploitation, and post-exploitation activities using adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.

What you will do

• Simulate real-world cyberattacks to assess and challenge the effectiveness of security controls and incident response capabilities.
• Conduct reconnaissance, exploitation, and post-exploitation activities using adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Develop and use custom tools and methods to evade detection and maintain stealth during engagements.
• Collaborate with blue and purple teams to improve detection, response, and overall security posture.
• Document findings and deliver clear, actionable reports to technical and executive stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• CRTO certification.
• Minimum 6 years of hands-on technical red team or government offensive cyber operations experience, plus 2 years leading such operations (non-overlapping).
• At least 2 years of independently executing complete red team engagements, from planning through post-exploitation, without supervision.
• 3+ years modifying/red-teaming tools (e.g., Cobalt Strike, Kali).
• 2+ years developing payloads to bypass A/V and EDR defenses.
• Experience performing engagements on cloud, hybrid, multi- and/or single-tenant active directory environments.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with Windows and *NIX-based operating systems, networking concepts, and Active Directory.
• Experience building offensive capabilities or tools to enhance red team operations with programming languages such as, but not limited to, C#, C, Python, PowerShell, Bash, terraform, ansible, etc.
• Minimum 2 years mentoring junior operators in red team tradecraft.
• 2 years delivering professional technical reports and executive briefings.

Nice to have

• CRTL
• OSEP
• OSCE
• OSEE
• GXPN
• GPEN

Benefits

• Employer-paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, vision) for you and your family
• Employer-paid short/long term disability insurance and basic life/AD&D insurance
• 401K with a 4% employer contribution
• Professional development reimbursement options available (training, certification, education, etc)
• Flexible and remote work policies for most positions
• Flexible PTO and holiday schedule

Before you apply

• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

About the company

SIXGEN delivers agile, mission-ready cybersecurity solutions to empower government and critical infrastructure organizations. They support cyber and intelligence missions by serving government and commercial organizations.