Red Team Consultant

ARM International; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ARM International is seeking a highly skilled security professional to perform red team and adversary emulation within complex defence and government environments. A DV clearance is required for this role.

You will deliver threat-led assessments, design and maintain infrastructure for simulations, and produce detailed reports and procedures. Collaboration with customers and project teams is essential to scope activities and communicate findings effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering red team or adversary simulation engagements.
• Red teaming certifications relevant to role.
• Strong skills in initial access, cloud exploitation, malware development, detection evasion, or adversary emulation.
• Experience in Defence, MOD or other high-assurance environments.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, CAF, or NIST.
• Proficiency in coding languages: C, C#, Python, JS, Go, or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Deliver threat-led security assessments, adversary emulation and red team activities within a complex defence and government environment.
• Support the design, provisioning and maintenance of infrastructure used during red team and adversary simulation activities.
• Produce high-quality technical documentation, reports and operational procedures.
• Work closely with customers, project teams and security stakeholders to scope activities, communicate findings and support the successful delivery of engagements.
• Deployment and management of security tooling, cloud-based environments and supporting platforms required to conduct operations safely and effectively.
• Contribute technical expertise throughout the engagement lifecycle, from planning through to final reporting and replay activities.

Skills

Red team testing

Adversary emulation

Penetration testing

Coding in multiple languages

Security frameworks knowledge

Education

Red teaming certifications

Tools

Security tooling

Cloud platforms

Job description

Please note that due to the nature of the work, you will need to already hold active DV security clearance.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver threat-led security assessments, adversary emulation and red team activities within a complex defence and government environment
• Support the design, provisioning and maintenance of infrastructure used during red team and adversary simulation activities.
• Produce high-quality technical documentation, reports and operational procedures.
• Work closely with customers, project teams and security stakeholders to scope activities, communicate findings and support the successful delivery of engagements
• The deployment and management of security tooling, cloud-based environments and supporting platforms required to conduct operations safely and effectively.
• Contribute technical expertise throughout the engagement lifecycle, from planning through to final reporting and replay activities.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience delivering red team, adversary simulation, or advanced penetration testing activities.
• Relevant certifications relating to red teaming.
• Strong technical skills in one or more of the following areas: initial access, cloud exploitation, malware development, detection evasion, operational security, physical security testing or adversary emulation.
• Experience working within Defence, MOD or other high-assurance environments.
• Understanding of frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, CAF, or NIST.
• Comfortable with suitable coding languages for OST / Malware development (C, C#, Python, JS, Go, Rust).