Offensive Security Engineer
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About the Role
Working closely with security operations, internal development teams, and the product R&D teams to identify security issues, this role uses various offensive security methods (atomic testing, adversary emulation, penetration testing) to identify vulnerabilities in networks and systems. Additionally, the offensive security function will test and validate deployed detective and defensive capabilities deployed to protect business processes and the enterprise network.
About You
You may Reference The Fine Manual, but only as a starting point so you can quickly go out of bounds and better uncover the unexpected. When you were younger, you got in trouble for taking apart small appliances and didn’t get the deserved credit for improvements as you re-imagined them.
DEFCON is your Summer Home and Python is your Swiss Army knife .
Required Skills and Responsibilities
- Experience in project or program management in a fast-paced environment
- 3-5 yrs. experience in Red Teaming, penetration testing, systems analysis, or similar
- Advanced understanding of digital communications and Information Technology standards and security trends
- A penchant for documenting established processes and procedures in order to add a level of consistency to an ad-hoc, chaotic environment
- Inquisitive, analytical, imaginative, intelligent, strategic, logical, self-aware, curious, and open-minded
- Desire to learn and grow your skills while working with a diverse team
- Ability to educate and train others
- Strong communications skills in order to foster and support effective partnerships with key groups, stakeholders, and individuals
- Ability to effectively communicate – specifically, threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to key clientele who may not initially understand the security discipline
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...
Musts
- 5+ years of offensive security experience
- Familiarity with -but not a reliance upon- the tools and scripts in pentesting collections like Kali
- Experience using Dradis
- Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and mapping techniques and procedures to defensive operations
- Experience with application security testing tools such as Burp Suite, Dradis, Nmap or Metasploit
- A good understanding of containerization technologies and high comfort level running applications as Docker containers or in a Kubernetes cluster environment
- Understanding and identification of the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
Preferred
- Knowledge of Secure SDLC frameworks
- Experience with DAST and SAST technologies
- Experience with deploying or managing workloads in AWS
- Experience in performing Purple Team engagements
- Experience on the Blue Team side of information security
- Experience in IT operations
- Security certifications such as GWAPT, Offensive Security, CISSP, CISM or GIAC
This position will start remote, with the expectation to frequently work onsite at our Mountain View, CA office once employees return to the office.
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