Senior Staff Red Team Engineer

Palo Alto Networks•Burbank, CA

1d•Remote

About The Position

Our Information Security organization is seeking a Senior Staff Red Team Engineer to join our Offensive Security team. The Red Team’s objective is to proactively identify and mitigate risk to improve the enterprise security posture. In this role, you will participate in Red Team engagements that will force you to think outside the box to identify weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations that real-world threat actors may try to leverage. You will be required to develop tooling and build infrastructure to execute tactics, techniques, and procedures which can be used to evade security products, in support of covert operations. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment where energy, drive, and a collaborative approach are key to success. This position is fully-remote and allows this individual to sit out of anywhere located in the United States.

Requirements

Experience leading covert Red Team operations
Experience with developing custom tools and payloads which bypass defensive products, and remain undetected in a mature network environment
Must have the ability to perform targeted attacks with or without the use of automated tools
Expertise in adversarial TTPs
Experience performing adversarial simulation
Experience in conducting surreptitious on-premise and cloud based attacks
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to establish priorities, work independently and proceed with objectives
Must be well organized and able to leverage best practices, able to thrive in fast-paced environment, and, most importantly, have the ability to approach problems with an innovative, can-do attitude

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end Red Team operations to highlight gaps impacting enterprise security posture and readiness
Develop payloads and attack tools which bypass security controls for use in covert operations
Simulate real-world attacks that are relevant to the business
Leverage bleeding edge AI research to enhance offensive security capabilities
Deliver detailed reports of technical findings to stakeholders and assist with the development of mitigation plans
Deliver executive technical out briefs to leadership across the organization
Assist with security investigations, root-cause analysis and corrective measures as required