Offensive Security Engineer - Red Team & Cloud

Talanto; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office in San Francisco

Job summary

Talanto in San Francisco is seeking a seasoned Security Engineer to lead red and purple team engagements across cloud infrastructure, endpoints and bare metal deployments. You will pene­tration-test high-value deployments, contribute to AI-assisted security tooling, and collaborate with security and engineering teams on AI-specific attack scenarios.

The role requires 5+ years in red teaming, deep cloud security expertise, strong Python/Go skills, and the ability to translate findings into

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operations.
• Deep expertise in at least two of: macOS security, Linux Security, Cloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Track record of discovering novel attack vectors and chaining vulnerabilities creatively.
• Experience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments.
• Strong engineering skills (Python, Go, or similar).
• Ability to write clear findings that drive action, helping teams understand risk and prioritize fixes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct red and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across our cloud infrastructure, endpoints and bare metal deployments.
• Penetration test specific, high value deployments.
• Contribute to AI-assisted security testing tooling and workflows.
• Work cross functionally with other security and engineering teams, particularly on AI-specific attack scenarios.
• Document and present findings to technical and executive audiences, translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights that inform security roadmaps.

Skills

Red Team Ops

Cloud Security

Python

Go

Adversarial Simulations

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Talanto in San Francisco is seeking a seasoned Security Engineer to lead red and purple team engagements across cloud infrastructure, endpoints and bare metal deployments. You will pene­tration-test high-value deployments, contribute to AI-assisted security tooling, and collaborate with security and engineering teams on AI-specific attack scenarios.

The role requires 5+ years in red teaming, deep cloud security expertise, strong Python/Go skills, and the ability to translate findings into