Hybrid Offensive Security Analyst – AI‑Driven

Ascot Group; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & welfare benefits

401k retirement plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Ascot Group is seeking a Cyber Offense Analyst to help deliver its cybersecurity strategy. The role involves hands-on offensive security work, vulnerability scanning, and coordinating penetration testing across a global environment.

You will work with AI-assisted security tooling, implement secure development practices, and report metrics on risk reduction. The position offers a hybrid in-office schedule with opportunities to influence security strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Application Development, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in application or network security role.
• Excellent analytical skills and keen attention to detail for identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities.
• Experience with offensive security tools and exposure-management platforms such as Burp Suite, Metasploit, Nmap, Wireshark, Tenable, automated penetration-testing platforms, attack-path-management solutions, adversary-emulation frameworks, and related technologies.
• Experience using AI-assisted security tooling to support vulnerability discovery, source-code analysis, attack-path identification, penetration testing, threat research, and remediation validation.
• Understanding of security risks affecting generative AI and machine-learning systems, including prompt injection and data handling.
• Strong technical background to advise application, infrastructure, and network teams.
• OSCP, PNPT, CEH or equivalent certifications preferred.
• Knowledge of OWASP, CVSS/CVE, MITRE ATT&CK, and SDLC.
• Experience with cloud security and vulnerability practices.
• Experience with SAST/SCA/DAST and application penetration testing.

Responsibilities

• Perform cyber offense functions including vulnerability scanning, coordination of penetration testing activities, overseeing remediation of vulnerabilities, continuous monitoring, application security testing, and process rollout and management across Ascot Group.
• Assist in delivering a comprehensive offensive security strategy identifying vulnerabilities and exposures in the environment.
• Assist in implementing best-in-class solutions and tooling to achieve cyber offense objectives.
• Manage vulnerability detection, patch management activities, and application security program support.
• Support penetration testing, purple and red team exercises with remediation planning.
• Coordinate and perform penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities and advise remediation actions.
• Integrate application security best practices into development to enable secure software lifecycle.
• Build metrics using vulnerability data to track risk reduction and report to leadership.
• Research new attack techniques and communicate findings to security leadership.
• Collaborate with resilience and defense teams to address indicators of compromise and corrective actions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Security consulting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Burp Suite

Metasploit

Nmap

Wireshark

Tenable

Offensive security tooling

Adversary-emulation frameworks

Job description

Ascot Group is seeking a Cyber Offense Analyst to help deliver its cybersecurity strategy. The role involves hands-on offensive security work, vulnerability scanning, and coordinating penetration testing across a global environment.

You will work with AI-assisted security tooling, implement secure development practices, and report metrics on risk reduction. The position offers a hybrid in-office schedule with opportunities to influence security strategy.