Mid-Level Offensive Cyber Engineer

Conduct penetration tests and offensive security assessments of enterprise, government, and classified systems. Develop exploits and automated testing tools, analyze network protocols, and work with defensive teams to improve threat detection. Produce technical reports and remediation plans while supporting operational testing events.

Responsibilities

• Develop custom exploits, payloads, and automated tools to test system vulnerabilities.
• Plan and conduct penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, and network protocol analyses.
• Collaborate with detection engineering teams to validate and tune threat detectors based on adversary tactics.
• Travel to operational testing events and assess exploit effectiveness.
• Research technical documentation, system architectures, and security classification guides.
• Write technical reports and remediation plans, and mentor early-career engineers.

Required Skills

• Penetration testing
• Red teaming
• Exploit and payload development
• Python scripting
• Bash scripting
• Power
• Shell scripting
• Linux system administration
• Windows system administration
• TCP/IP and network protocol analysis
• Security testing tools (Burp Suite, Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, Nmap, OWASP ZAP)