Senior Offensive Security Consultant: BAS & AI Red Teaming

Datacom; Hamilton; Remote; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (D​

Ongoing learning and career发展

Job summary

Datacom is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant to advance our offensive security capabilities across penetration testing, BAS, and AI Red Teaming. You will deliver world-class assessments to external clients and internal teams, providing remediation guidance and risk analysis.

You will drive threat modelling, secure code reviews, and collaborative security initiatives across Datacom's NZ footprint, contributing to ongoing capability development and client success.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Offensive Security and Penetration Testing within an enterprise or consulting environment, with a passion for adversarial testing.
• Experience or strong interest in Breach & Attack Simulations, AI Red Teaming, and emerging offensive security techniques.
• Knowledge of application security principles, secure coding practices, threat modelling methodologies, and ability to support secure code reviews with an offensive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive penetration testing on applications, APIs, networks and systems using both manual and automated methods.
• Design and execute Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) campaigns to test detection and response capabilities across customer environments.
• Conduct AI Red Teaming assessments to identify vulnerabilities in machine learning models, LLMs, and AI-powered applications, including prompt injection, model poisoning, and data extraction attacks.
• Formulate attack plans, test cases and working exploits during offensive security engagements.
• Prepare comprehensive reports detailing the results of offensive security testing and recommendations for remediation.
• Deliver remediation workshops to clients, presenting findings, attack narratives, and practical remediation guidance.
• Collaborate with Application Security and broader security teams to develop and implement effective testing capabilities and defensive strategies.
• Conduct research and development to uplift offensive security capabilities and stay ahead of emerging threats.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, AI security risks, and technology trends.

Skills

Offensive Security

Penetration Testing

Breach & Attack Simulations

AI Red Teaming

Threat Modelling

Secure Code Review

Communication to stakeholders

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Education

Offensive security certifications (OSCP, GWAPT, OSEP, PNPT)

Tools

Nmap

BurpSuite

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

BloodHound

Kali Linux

Job description

Datacom is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant to advance our offensive security capabilities across penetration testing, BAS, and AI Red Teaming. You will deliver world-class assessments to external clients and internal teams, providing remediation guidance and risk analysis.

You will drive threat modelling, secure code reviews, and collaborative security initiatives across Datacom's NZ footprint, contributing to ongoing capability development and client success.