Remote Red Team Operator: Adversary Emulation Expert

EY; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 128,100 - 239,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Generous PTO

Job summary

EY Information Security seeks a senior Red Team Operator to emulate adversaries and identify vulnerabilities across networks, applications, and cloud environments. You will lead engagements, report findings, and help strengthen defenses while mentoring junior staff.

The role supports a hybrid work model in a global security team, with a broad remit across threat emulation, risk reduction, and strategic security improvements.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, red teaming, or offensive security.
• Demonstrated experience executing red team or advanced penetration testing engagements.
• Relevant certifications including OSCP, CPTS (or equivalents such as GPEN, CRTO, OSEP, OSCE).
• Ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and lead red team operations and adversary emulation, including reconnaissance, initial access, execution, persistence, lateral movement, exfiltration, and impact.
• Conduct advanced penetration testing across environments: external/internal networks, web/cloud applications, APIs, Active Directory, identity systems, and hybrid/cloud infrastructures.
• Perform social engineering (e.g., phishing) as part of integrated engagements.
• Identify, validate, exploit, and chain vulnerabilities to demonstrate realistic attack paths and business risks.
• Collaborate in Purple Team exercises with defensive teams to improve detection, response, and resilience.
• Produce high-quality deliverables: detailed technical reports, executive summaries, risk assessments, and remediation recommendations.
• Mentor junior team members, provide technical oversight, and contribute to methodology improvements and tooling.
• Stay current with emerging threats, TTPs, exploits, and defensive countermeasures through research, conferences, and self-development.

Skills

Red team

Adversary emulation

Offensive security

Penetration testing

Technical writing

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

OSCP

CPTS

GPEN

CRTO

OSEP

OSCE

Tools

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

Empire

BloodHound

Nmap

Burp Suite

Job description

EY Information Security seeks a senior Red Team Operator to emulate adversaries and identify vulnerabilities across networks, applications, and cloud environments. You will lead engagements, report findings, and help strengthen defenses while mentoring junior staff.

The role supports a hybrid work model in a global security team, with a broad remit across threat emulation, risk reduction, and strategic security improvements.