Cyber Defense Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Design and engineer automated attack-path discovery and validation capabilities
• Build scalable vulnerability detection and verification pipelines that combine enterprise scanning sources with custom validation logic
• Develop controlled exploitation and exploit-chaining workflows to safely demonstrate real attacker outcomes
• Operationalize continuous offensive validation by engineering testing routines that can run with minimal human prompting
• Fuse Vulnerability Intelligence and Cyber Threat Intelligence into detection and prioritization—tracking exploit maturity/availability, active exploitation signals, and technique trends, etc
• Produce high-fidelity deliverables that enable remediation and decisioning: reproducible evidence, attack-path narratives, severity/exploitability rationale, compensating control notes, and clear remediation/mitigation recommendations
• Partner across Red Team, Exposure Assessment, Threat Detection, and VM stakeholders

Skills and Attributes

• Expert attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to think critically
• Flexibility and comfortability pivoting between diverse environments
• Exceptional communication and rapport building skills
• Extensive experience augmenting offensive security

Minimum Qualifications

• Combined 8 years of experience in vulnerability management, exposure management, offensive security, and security engineering
• Deep understanding of attack paths, misconfigurations, and control failures that lead to material risk
• Proven ability to build scalable solutions to vulnerability and exposure challenges
• Experience operating at a strategic level, balancing technical depth with organizational risk context
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate large volumes of data to influence solution development
• Excellent communication skills, with comfort engaging senior stakeholders and security leadership
• Ability to manage competing priorities and operate independently in a complex, global environment