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The Principal Consultant on the Offensive Security team is focused on assessing and challenging the security posture across a comprehensive portfolio of clients. The individual will utilize a variety of tools developed and act as a key team member and leader in client engagements. They will be the client’s advocate for cybersecurity best practices and will provide strong recommendations in this domain.
Perform red and purple team assessments (with and without industry regulator oversight), assumed breach assessments (red team engagements with a pre-deployed implant), ransomware readiness reviews (assessing susceptibly to modern ransomware threats), threat analysis and social-engineering assessments
Develop scripts, tools, and methodologies to automate and streamline internal processes and engagements - Examples include Terraform and Ansible, custom payload generators / loaders
Conduct cloud penetration testing engagements to assess specific workloads (i.e., Lead scoping and services overview conversations with clients for prospective engagements in area of expertise, presenting with credibility and authority, clearly articulating various testing approaches and methodologies to audiences ranging from highly technical to executive personnel
Leads communications with clients on engagements, including highly technical matters, ensuring client inquiries are responded to promptly
Ability to lead engagement delivery through to completion, manage engagement economics to deliver projects on time and on budget and uphold high standards of quality
Mentor and coach new team members and lead by example, demonstrating technical skills and procedures during engagements - Delegate tasks and provide feedback to empower team members to produce high-quality results
8+ years of professional experience with cyber security tools, technologies, and methods focused on Red/Purple Teaming
~ Demonstrate a deep understanding of how malicious software works (i.e.malware, trojans, rootkits, etc.)
~ Ability to modify known and/or craft custom exploits manually without dependence on consumer tools
~ Experience with penetration testing, administering, and troubleshooting major flavours of Linux, Windows, and major cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS providers (i.e., Experience with scripting and editing existing code and programming using one or more of the following - Perl, Python, ruby, bash, C/C++, C#, or Java
~ Ability to read and use the results of mobile code, malicious code, and anti-virus software
~ Demonstrable experience of threat-intelligence led red teaming frameworks such as CORIE, CBEST, TIBER-EU
~ Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations
~ The Team
Unit 42 brings together our world-renowned threat researchers with an elite team of security consultants to create an intelligence-driven, response ready organization. The Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team provides threat research that enables security teams to understand adversary intent and attribution, while enhancing protections offered by our products and services to stop advanced attacks. As threats escalate, Unit 42 is available to advise customers on the latest risks, assess their readiness, and help them recover when the worst occurs.
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