Remote Red Team Operator: Offensive Security Lead

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 128,100 - 239,600; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Red Team Operator to emulate advanced threat actors and lead offensive security engagements across external/internal networks, cloud environments, and application layers. You will produce actionable risk-driven recommendations, mentor peers, and contribute to tooling while staying current with evolving threats.

Role offers remote collaboration with a distributed team and a market-competitive compensation package.

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.
• 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

Offensive security expertise

Critical thinking

Security reporting

Team collaboration

Executive communication

Education

OSCP

CPTS

GPEN

CRTO

OSEP

OSCE

Tools

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

Empire

BloodHound

Nmap

Burp Suite

Custom C2

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Red Team Operator to emulate advanced threat actors and lead offensive security engagements across external/internal networks, cloud environments, and application layers. You will produce actionable risk-driven recommendations, mentor peers, and contribute to tooling while staying current with evolving threats.

Role offers remote collaboration with a distributed team and a market-competitive compensation package.