Remote Staff Attack Engineer - Active Directory & Network

Ladders

United States

On-site

USD 247,000 - 275,000

Full time

27 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work options
Comprehensive health, vision, and dent

Job summary

Ladders seeks a Staff Attack Engineer, Internal/AD, to lead internal-network and Active Directory attack capabilities in a production environment. You will translate AD tradecraft into attack content and design Python-powered tooling for hardened enterprise defenses, working with threat intelligence and engineering teams.

Remote work available for US-based candidates; compensation ranges from $247,000 to $275,000 annually, reflecting senior leadership and technical depth.

Qualifications

  • Deep, hands-on experience with Active Directory and internal networks.
  • Current AD tradecraft knowledge, including credential access and lateral movement.
  • Experience designing and maintaining production-grade Python code powering attack capabilities.
  • Ability to research unfamiliar systems and become a team expert.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical lead for internal-network and AD attack capabilities.
  • Research and translate AD tradecraft into production attack content.
  • Design and maintain production-grade Python powering attack capabilities.
  • Build attacks suitable for hardened environments.
  • Configure and exploit AD test environments for validation and testing.
  • Extend attack-path modeling to represent new privilege escalation paths.
  • Prioritize coverage roadmap based on customer environments and threat intelligence.

Skills

Active Directory attack
Python
Attack-path modeling
Threat intelligence

Tools

Python

Job description

Ladders seeks a Staff Attack Engineer, Internal/AD, to lead internal-network and Active Directory attack capabilities in a production environment. You will translate AD tradecraft into attack content and design Python-powered tooling for hardened enterprise defenses, working with threat intelligence and engineering teams.

Remote work available for US-based candidates; compensation ranges from $247,000 to $275,000 annually, reflecting senior leadership and technical depth.

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