Everforth ECS is seeking a Red Team Manager to work remotely.
At Everforth ECS Federal, we're driven by a commitment to excellence and innovation in solving complex challenges. As a premier provider of advanced technology solutions and services, our mission is to secure and optimize the most critical commercial, government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. Our team is composed of dynamic professionals who thrive in a collaborative and empowering environment, where our team members leverage the latest technologies and insights to make a real-world impact. Join us and be part of a forward-thinking organization that values your expertise and supports your professional growth.
We are seeking a Red Team Manager to lead a high-performing offensive security program that delivers rigorous, intelligence-driven assessments. This role requires a seasoned operator with deep expertise in offensive tradecraft, operational planning, threat emulation, and program execution. You will oversee complex red team engagements, guide operators in the development and deployment of advanced TTPs, and work closely with Blue, Purple, and CTI teams to ensure operations accurately reflect real-world adversary behaviors. Your leadership will shape a program focused on measuring defensive effectiveness, identifying systemic gaps, and driving meaningful security improvements for our clients. If you excel at building and leading elite offensive security teams and advancing a mature, mission-aligned red team capability, ECS offers the environment to execute at the highest level.
Responsibilities- Direct all red team operations, ensuring engagements are aligned to mission objectives, scoped correctly, and executed with disciplined tradecraft.
- Provide strategic and technical leadership to red team operators without performing hands-on-keyboard activities; set standards, methodologies, and operational doctrine.
- Mature the red team program through capability development, tool and infrastructure strategy, TTP evolution, and integration with CTI, Blue, and Purple teams.
- Oversee planning, deconfliction, risk management, and operational approval workflows for all offensive engagements.
- Ensure operational excellence through repeatable processes, quality assurance, after-action reporting, and continuous improvement cycles.
- Serve as the primary interface with clients, articulating objectives, timelines, risks, findings, and strategic recommendations.
- Translate technical offensive findings into clear, business-aligned insights that drive measurable defensive improvement.
- Develop team talent pipelines, provide mentorship, manage performance, and ensure staff readiness for complex adversary simulations.
- Govern operational compliance, safety, and legal alignment for all offensive activities.
- Maintain situational awareness of emerging adversary behaviors and offensive security trends to guide program direction and investment.
Salary Range: $165,000 - $195,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- Minimum of 10 years of experience in cybersecurity, with a strong focus on offensive security operations, adversary emulation, and leading complex red team or penetration testing programs.
- Deep understanding of offensive security methodologies, adversary emulation frameworks, and modern attacker TTPs across the kill chain.
- Strong technical fluency in penetration testing, red teaming, exploit development concepts, infrastructure operations, and toolchains—sufficient to lead operators but without performing hands-on execution.
- Proven experience designing, scoping, and overseeing complex offensive security engagements in enterprise environments.
- Experience leading specialized assessments such as web application testing, mobile testing, wireless assessments, and social engineering engagements.
- Ability to translate offensive findings into defensible remediation guidance and measurable defensive improvement actions.
- Strong program-building capability, including roadmap development, capability maturation, process engineering, and integration with defensive and CTI functions.
- Expertise in operational risk management, deconfliction, safety protocols, rules of engagement, and legal/compliance constraints of offensive operations.
- Exceptional communication and client-facing skills, with the ability to brief executives, technical teams, and stakeholders clearly and confidently.
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing red team or offensive security personnel, including coaching, performance management, and tradecraft development.
- Competence in evaluating and prioritizing emerging threats, offensive technologies, and adversary trends to inform program strategy.
- Strong analytical, judgment, and decision-making capability under constrained timelines and sensitive operational conditions.
Skills Required
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in cybersecurity
- Strong focus on offensive security operations and leading complex red team programs
- Deep understanding of offensive security methodologies and adversary emulation frameworks
- Strong technical fluency in penetration testing and red teaming
- Experience designing complex offensive security engagements
- Strong communication and client-facing skills
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
