Hybrid Red Team Infrastructure Engineer — 80% Remote

Intelligent Waves; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

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vision

paid PTO

life insurance

disability insurance

vesting starting from DAY 1

technical training

tuition bonuses

and much more

Job summary

Intelligent Waves is seeking a Red Team Operator SME & Infrastructure Engineer to support advanced red team ops and infrastructure. This hybrid role (80% remote) reports weekly to Washington, DC and requires US citizenship for a Public Trust clearance. 4+ years hands-on network and systems admin experience, with strong security focus and DoD-aligned practices.

Location: NCR – Hybrid. Travel up to 10% with DoD-compliant allowances. Compensation range: $165,000–$175,000 per year.

Qualifications

• 6 or more years direct, hands-on red team and/or government network exploitation/attack operations.
• 2+ years red team leadership experience.
• 3+ years hands-on with red team frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Kali, etc.).
• 2+ years delivering red team reports and briefings.

Responsibilities

• Develop, automate, and deploy red team infrastructure (Ubiquiti, Proxmox, Kubernetes, Ansible, Apache/Nginx, GOCD).
• Deploy, configure, and maintain routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Secure red team infrastructure from unauthorized access and detection.
• Create and administer Active Directory lab environments.
• Install OS and drivers on lab systems and manage patches and policies.
• Maintain lab VPN access and security monitoring.

Job description

Intelligent Waves is seeking a Red Team Operator SME & Infrastructure Engineer to support advanced red team ops and infrastructure. This hybrid role (80% remote) reports weekly to Washington, DC and requires US citizenship for a Public Trust clearance. 4+ years hands-on network and systems admin experience, with strong security focus and DoD-aligned practices.

Location: NCR – Hybrid. Travel up to 10% with DoD-compliant allowances. Compensation range: $165,000–$175,000 per year.