Principal / Senior Red Team Services Consultant (Remote, UAE/KSA)

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 280,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market compensation

Wellness programs

Vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Office culture

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Red Team Consultant in the UAE to lead offensive security engagements across the Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK framework. You will coordinate with senior leadership, plan assessments, and mentor junior team members.

You will develop actionable reports with mitigations for both management and technical audiences, and you will ensure effective communication across executive and technical teams while guiding crisis response and security program improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Red Team or penetration testing engagements.
• Ability to develop and deliver executive-ready reports with mitigations.
• Strong understanding of security methodologies and best practices.
• Proficiency with common security toolsets and networks.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary coordinator for Red Team activities and lead penetration testing efforts.
• Develop reporting including mitigations strategies of results for management and technical audiences.
• Communicate effectively with executive leadership and technical teams at CrowdStrike.
• Organize resources to perform assessments of operating systems, applications, databases and networks.
• Contribute to improving an information security program and resources.
• Provide guidance during enterprise-wide crisis scenarios and outages.
• Work as an operator and project manager on various penetration testing offerings.

Skills

Red Teaming

Leadership

Security Assessments

Threat Emulation

Scripting

Tools

Metasploit

Nmap

Cobalt Strike

Nessus

Burp Suite

Job description

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About The Role

The Senior Consultant will lead a team dedicated to performing Red Team activities simulating known threat actor, to help CrowdStrike customers determine the impact and likelihood of threat actor to accomplish objective across the Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK Framework. The Senior Red Team Consultant is expected to be able to coordinate with senior leadership, plan, and oversee execution of assessments and assist the other CrowdStrike Services’ functions to help improve customers security defense. This person should be capable of supporting, managing, and mentoring less experienced red team members.

What You'll Do

• Act as a primary contact for coordination of Red Team activities as well as coordinating and leading all penetration testing activities.
• Develop reporting including mitigations strategies of results of Red Team activities for both management and technical audiences.
• Must be able to effectively communicate at all levels (executive leadership and technical support teams) within CrowdStrike.
• Organize resources to perform penetration assessments of operating systems, applications, databases and network infrastructure components to detect, enumerate threats.
• Work with a diverse team and lead/assist in developing and improving an information security program and information security resources.
• Provide guidance using specialized knowledge and toolsets to operational teams during enterprise wide crisis scenarios, e.g. large-scale production service outages, outside of the routine change management process.
• Must be able to work as an operator and project manager on various types of penetration testing offerings.

What You'll Need

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a Red Team/Penetration Testing activities is highly preferred
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a Leadership role is highly preferred
• Security community participation (conference speaker, tool development contributor, …) is highly preferred
• Advanced experience with Security Assessment Toolsets (Metasploit, NMAP, Cobalt Strike, Nessus, Burp Suite, etc.)
• Comprehensive understanding of the security methodologies, technologies, and best practices
• Windows / Linux / UNIX / Mac operating systems
• Advanced experience with Networking components (routers, switches, load balancers, wireless access points, etc.)
• Comprehensive knowledge of firewalls, proxies, mail servers and web servers
• Advanced experience with operational support for operating systems, applications and networks
• Advanced experience with Red Teaming (vulnerability/penetration testing/adversary emulation assessments)
• Advanced experience in automation and scripting of applications and systems

Desirable Certifications

OSCP, GPEN, OSCE, GCIH, GXPN Occasional travel may be required (<25%) Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified across the globe

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program. CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 to fix a fundamental problem: The sophisticated attacks that were forcing the world’s leading businesses into the headlines could not be solved with existing malware-based defenses. Founder George Kurtz realized that a brand new approach was needed — one that combines the most advanced endpoint protection with expert intelligence to pinpoint the adversaries perpetrating the attacks, not just the malware. There’s much more to the story of how Falcon has redefined endpoint protection but there’s only one thing to remember about CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.