Executive Red Team Lead & Strategy Consultant

NCC Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension & Life Assurance

Share Save Scheme

Professional development & mentoring

Job summary

NCC Group is seeking an Executive Principal Consultant to lead high-end Red Team engagements across the attack lifecycle in London. You will mentor junior consultants, develop capabilities, and represent the firm in client-facing engagements, including with C-level stakeholders.

You’ll contribute to tooling, methodology, and pre-sales discussions while ensuring safety, confidentiality, and operational integrity of all engagements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience delivering high-complexity Red Team engagements end-to-end.
• Deep understanding of adversary lifecycle and TTPs.
• Familiarity with evasion techniques and bypassing controls (EDR/EPP, gateways, proxies).
• Experience in stakeholder engagement with security professionals and executives.
• Excellent written English and compelling reporting documents.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan, and execute adversary simulations aligned with standards and frameworks.
• Maintain security and risk mitigation throughout delivery.
• Communicate risks and safety concerns clearly to clients.
• Use off-the-shelf and custom-built tools to achieve objectives and evade detection.
• Create and maintain scripts or tools to automate Red Team activities.

Skills

Red Teaming

Adversary lifecycle

EDR/EPP evasion

Stakeholder engagement

Technical reporting

Education

CREST CCT-INF

CREST CCSAS

CREST CCSAM

Tools

Custom Red Team tooling

Scripting with Python/PowerShell

Job description

NCC Group is seeking an Executive Principal Consultant to lead high-end Red Team engagements across the attack lifecycle in London. You will mentor junior consultants, develop capabilities, and represent the firm in client-facing engagements, including with C-level stakeholders.

You’ll contribute to tooling, methodology, and pre-sales discussions while ensuring safety, confidentiality, and operational integrity of all engagements.