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Sr Offensive Security Engineer

IndiaRemote · India
Senior · Full-time · Security & IT
POSTED 10 NOVVERIFIED 3H AGO
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Accountabilities:

  • Penetration Testing and Security Assessments: Plan, coordinate, and conduct authorized internal and external security assessments across web and mobile applications, APIs, cloud environments, networks, and infrastructure.
  • Evaluate application and infrastructure security to identify vulnerabilities, assess potential business impact, and recommend appropriate remediation measures.
  • Red Team and Purple Team Operations: Design and coordinate authorized red team engagements and adversary simulation exercises to evaluate organizational security resilience.
  • Collaborate with Security Operations Center (SOC), Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, and Detection Engineering teams to assess detection capabilities and strengthen incident response readiness.
  • Security Research and Vulnerability Assessment: Identify, validate, and assess security weaknesses, including combinations of vulnerabilities that may create significant business risks.
  • Evaluate findings in controlled and approved environments, documenting their potential impact and providing actionable recommendations.
  • Adversary Simulation: Apply knowledge of real-world threat actor behaviors and the MITRE ATT&CK framework to assess organizational defenses and improve security monitoring and response capabilities.
  • Findings Management and Remediation: Review and validate security findings, prioritize vulnerabilities according to exploitability and business risk, and coordinate remediation activities with engineering teams.
  • Track remediation progress, facilitate follow-up assessments, and ensure agreed security improvements are completed within established service-level agreements.
  • Security Tooling and Automation: Develop and maintain approved security testing scripts, tools, and automation solutions to improve assessment efficiency and scalability.
  • Contribute to the implementation and evaluation of continuous security testing and automated security validation platforms.
  • Reporting and Stakeholder Communication: Prepare comprehensive technical reports and executive-level summaries that translate security findings into understandable business risks and recommendations.
  • Communicate assessment results to technical teams, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Audit, and senior leadership.
  • Incident Response and Threat Hunting Support: Provide offensive security expertise to incident response and threat hunting activities, helping teams understand potential attack scenarios and strengthen defensive strategies.
  • Continuous Improvement and Mentorship: Develop repeatable security assessment methodologies, operational playbooks, and performance metrics to improve the maturity of the offensive security program.
  • Mentor junior security engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing, technical development, and continuous improvement across the security organization.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of hands-on professional experience in offensive security, penetration testing, red teaming, or a closely related security engineering discipline.
  • Demonstrated experience conducting security assessments across multiple technology domains, including web and mobile applications, APIs, networks, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
  • Strong understanding of vulnerability assessment, ethical hacking principles, security validation, and authorized adversary simulation methodologies.
  • Experience assessing complex security environments and evaluating how multiple security weaknesses may affect an organization's overall risk exposure.
  • Familiarity with industry-standard security assessment platforms and tools, such as Burp Suite Professional, Nmap, Metasploit, Kali Linux, and vulnerability scanning solutions.
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language, such as Python, Go, PowerShell, Ruby, or Bash, for developing security utilities and automation.
  • Working knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and the ability to map security assessments to relevant adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
  • Experience with cloud security assessments, particularly within AWS and/or Microsoft Azure environments.

How Jobgether works

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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