Technical Lead, Offensive Cyber Security

What You’ll Make An Impact On

Plan, lead, and execute high-impact offensive cyber operations, including penetration tests, red team operations, and purple team exercises, aligned with Edwards’ mission and risk priorities.
Continuously evolve offensive security capabilities and operations, informed by relevant shifts and trends in the threat and broader landscape, to assess and test the effectiveness of Edwards controls and services against real-world adversary TTPs.
Partner closely with cybersecurity, IT, and business teams to maximize defensive outcomes.
Clearly communicate complex technical findings, impact, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences at all levels of the organization.
Define and implement goals, operating models, and ethical guardrails for consistent, high-quality service delivery.
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and quality oversight for assigned team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or IT required while leveraging sound technical security skills to solve key business challenges or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria.
• Deep hands-on experience leading and executing offensive cyber operations, including penetration tests, red team, and purple team engagements, across multiple domains (e.g. enterprise infrastructure and services, cloud, identity, applications, mobile).
• Strong ability to translate findings into risks and recommendations and communicate to a variety of audiences.

Preferred

• 8+ years of progressive experience in offensive cyber operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead offensive security engagements end-to-end, from scoping and risk discussions through execution and executive readouts.
• Proven experience conducting full-scope adversary emulation aligned to real-world threats, including pre-engagement planning, infrastructure preparation, execution, and post-engagement analysis and reporting.
• Advanced proficiency assessing and testing of identity-based infrastructure and services.
• Deep, hands-on experience assessing and testing cloud environments and native services.
• Hands-on testing of Kubernetes, containers, serverless platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong background in web, API, and mobile application security testing.
• Experience building and operating secure, adversary infrastructure (C2 frameworks, redirectors, staging, OPSEC-aware).
• Expertise building and executing attack path analysis capabilities and activities.
• Experience mentoring junior offensive security practitioners.
• Offensive security certifications.
• Experience with assessing/testing of AI-based solutions and components.
• Experience with AI-assisted offensive operations, continuous testing models.
• Familiarity with OT/manufacturing cybersecurity.

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs.
• For California, the base pay range for this position is $145,000 - $205,000 (highly experienced).
• The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement

If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.