Remote Offensive Security Manager | Threat Detection & Red Team

Barracuda; Texas; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

High-quality health benefits

Retirement plan with employer match

Career-growth opportunities

Flexible Time Off and Paid Time Off

Job summary

Barracuda is seeking an Offensive Security Manager to lead a global team of cybersecurity engineers focused on threat detection, attack stimulation, and SOC operations across SaaS, endpoint, network, and cloud platforms.

You will drive detection innovation, engineering processes, and incident response, leveraging red/purple/green/blue team collaboration to advance Barracuda XDR's capabilities.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in security operations, detection engineering and offensive security.
• 2-3 years in leadership experience managing cybersecurity teams.
• 3-4 years of hands-on experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience with Kali and other pentesting/hacking tools.
• Developed and managed lab environments for attack and defend exercises.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related field.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with SIEMs like Elastic and Databricks, including advanced detection implementation.
• Familiarity with Windows, Unix, and Linux systems.
• Experience with threat intelligence platforms (e.g., Anomali, Cybersixgill).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work across global time zones (U.S. East, India and Ireland teams).
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead during high-pressure cybersecurity incidents and guide team response.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of cybersecurity Engineers.
• Develop, test and tune detection rules for multiple attack vectors across cloud, network, and endpoint telemetry.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to version and deploy detection rules.
• Implement and manage the full lifecycle of SIEM detection rules.
• Foster collaboration between red and purple teams to drive offensive and defensive innovation.
• Create and execute sprint projects using Agile methodologies to improve SOC maturity and R&D efforts.
• Implement proactive threat hunting initiatives across customer networks.
• Guide and monitor your team through complex security incidents such as ransomware.
• Lead adversary simulation exercises and exploit research initiatives.
• Design and execute detection testing scenarios and breach simulations.
• Conduct tabletop exercises and kill chain rehearsals.
• Develop and manage an open-source red teaming repository for attacks and stimulations.
• Develop threat modeling frameworks and campaign replay scenarios.
• Conduct and manage live 'attack and defend' exercises to test detection and response readiness.
• Implement proactive threat hunting initiatives across customer networks.
• Lead efforts in identifying emerging TTPs and zero-day discovery.
• Oversee malware analysis and hunt campaigns.
• Drive trend analysis and adversary profiling initiatives.
• Manage threat publications such as blogs, webinars, and podcasts.

Skills

Leadership

Threat detection

Security operations

Adversary simulation

Incident response

Communication

Project management

MITRE ATT&CK knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Cybersecurity or Information Security

Tools

Python

SQL

Kali

Elastic

Databricks

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Barracuda is seeking an Offensive Security Manager to lead a global team of cybersecurity engineers focused on threat detection, attack stimulation, and SOC operations across SaaS, endpoint, network, and cloud platforms.

You will drive detection innovation, engineering processes, and incident response, leveraging red/purple/green/blue team collaboration to advance Barracuda XDR's capabilities.