Principal Red Team Operator

Responsibilities

• Leading and executing end-to-end Red Team assessments, including adversary/threat simulation and emulation, social-engineering testing, and cybersecurity control bypass techniques.
• Developing adversary emulation plans that align with MITRE ATT&CK by incorporating cyber threat intelligence.
• Configuring and safely utilizing attacker tools, tactics, and procedures for Verizon environments.
• Developing presentations and reports that effectively communicate to both technical and executive audiences.
• Assisting offensive security assessment operations in support of Red, Blue, and Purple Teams.
• Planning and executing comprehensive penetration testing exercises, including vulnerability scanning, network reconnaissance, and exploitation of identified weaknesses.
• Continuously enhancing the organization's security posture by sharing knowledge and expertise with other security team members.
• Effectively communicating findings and strategies to client stakeholders, including technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel.
• Providing risk-appropriate and pragmatic recommendations to correct found vulnerabilities.
• Developing scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance Verizon’s red teaming and penetration testing processes and tradecraft.
• Providing leadership and guidance to advance the offensive capabilities of the team and its subsequent ability to defend the Verizon Enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of experience.
• Six or more years of relevant, direct offensive security experience, specifically leading engagements in Adversary Emulation, Adversary Simulation, Threat Emulation or Threat Simulation.
• Proven ability to modify TTPs to evade modern EDR/NDR/XDR solutions and bypass security controls like AMSI and ETW.
• Thorough understanding of network protocols, with the ability to design covert command-and-control channels that blend with legitimate traffic.
• Implementation-level familiarity with modern exploitation, including buffer overflows, heap spraying, ROP chains, and logic flaws.
• Advanced proficiency in reading and modifying code in languages such as C#, C/C++, Go, or Java for the purpose of exploit development and custom tooling.
• Advanced industry certifications such as OSEP, OSED, GXPN, CRTO, or OSCP/OSWE.
• Fluency in Blue Team processes and technologies (SIEM logic, threat hunting, SOC triage) to better simulate realistic threats and provide actionable feedback.
• Demonstrated proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to develop custom offensive security tooling and bypass security controls.

Qualifications

• Even better if you have one or more of the following:
• Deep knowledge of Operating System internals (Windows, Linux, macOS) including memory management, process injection, API hooking, and kernel-level structures.
• Expertise in Active Directory and Azure AD attacks, including advanced techniques like Kerberoasting, DCSync, Golden Ticket, and identity federation exploits.
• Advanced proficiency in reading and modifying code in languages such as C#, C/C++, Go, or Java for the purpose of exploit development and custom tooling.
• Advanced industry certifications such as OSEP, OSED, GXPN, CRTO, or OSCP/OSWE.
• Track record of continuous evolution, demonstrated by participation in CTFs, contributions to open-source security tools, or speaking at industry conferences.
• Advanced proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to develop custom offensive security tooling and bypass security controls.

Benefits and Compensation

• Health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance.
• Award-winning total rewards package including a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance.
• Premium pay opportunities such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc.
• Up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service.
• Annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $120,500.00 - $231,000.00.