Threat Emulation Engineer (Red Team)

State Street; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street in Kilkenny, Ireland, is seeking a skilled security tester to conduct adversary-emulation and targeted assessments across apps, cloud, and infrastructure. You will collaborate with cybersecurity, technology, and risk stakeholders to design realistic scenarios and improve detections.

The role emphasizes evaluating detection capabilities, running purple-team activities, and delivering audit-ready reports while ensuring secure, compliant practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent hands-on security experience.
• 2–4 years in penetration testing or red-team activities.
• Broad experience with networks, operating systems, cloud, and security controls.
• Familiarity with threat-informed testing and attack frameworks.
• Experience collaborating with defensive teams to validate detections.
• Ability to script or automate tasks using common languages.
• Strong reporting and communication skills across technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Execute authorized adversary-emulation activities to assess defenses, security controls, and organizational resilience.
• Perform targeted security assessments across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and enterprise technologies.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, technology, and risk stakeholders to develop realistic testing scenarios.
• Evaluate detection and response capabilities and support improvement through coordinated purple‑team activities.
• Operate within defined approval processes, scopes, authorization boundaries, and safe‑testing protocols.
• Develop or adapt tools and techniques to support realistic testing, ensuring secure and compliant usage.
• Produce clear, audit‑ready reporting and support remediation to reduce identified risks and strengthen defenses.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red-team

Threat-informed testing

Scripting

Networking

Cloud security

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent hands-on security experience

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

Security tooling

Automation scripting

Job description

State Street in Kilkenny, Ireland, is seeking a skilled security tester to conduct adversary-emulation and targeted assessments across apps, cloud, and infrastructure. You will collaborate with cybersecurity, technology, and risk stakeholders to design realistic scenarios and improve detections.

The role emphasizes evaluating detection capabilities, running purple-team activities, and delivering audit-ready reports while ensuring secure, compliant practices.