Security Engineer

Jobtailor; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Denver, CO is seeking a Lead penetration tester to drive advanced engagements across on-premises and cloud environments. You will craft attack plans, identify vulnerabilities, and provide remediation guidance to development teams.

You will build and operate agentic AI workflows to scale security testing, mentor colleagues, and collaborate with engineering to raise security maturity across complex architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of related experience, Master’s plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year in application-level penetration testing.
• Advanced proficiency in offensive security across web applications, mobile applications, networks, and distributed systems.
• Deep technical understanding of common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and remediation strategies.
• Experience with public cloud platforms, specifically AWS and GCP.
• Ability to develop and maintain custom tooling using Python or Bash.
• Active contributions to the security community preferred, such as research publications, CVEs, open-source projects, or bug-bounty recognitions
• Strong proficiency in C++, JavaScript, Python, or Go preferred.
• Experience with Splunk products or similar large-scale data platforms preferred.
• Ability to build cross-functional relationships with engineering teams preferred.
• Communication, mentoring, and constructive technical feedback skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced penetration testing engagements across web, mobile, and cloud environments.
• Serve as a critical line of defense for on-premises and cloud application portfolios.
• Craft sophisticated attack plans to identify vulnerabilities and exploit paths.
• Provide detailed, actionable remediation guidance to development teams.
• Build and operate agentic AI workflows to scale security testing capabilities.
• Increase testing coverage across complex system architectures.
• Make risk-based security decisions in fast-moving projects.
• Champion a proactive security culture using human judgment and autonomous agents.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to drive long-term security maturity.
• Mentor team members and provide constructive technical feedback.

Skills

Advanced Penetration Testing

Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP)

Python / Bash

C++ / JavaScript / Go

Splunk

Mentoring

Security Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Python

Bash

C++

Go

JavaScript

Splunk

AWS

GCP

Job description

Lead advanced penetration testing engagements
Serve as a critical line of defense for on-premises and cloud application portfolios
Craft sophisticated attack plans to identify vulnerabilities
Provide detailed, actionable remediation guidance to development teams
Build and operate agentic AI workflows to scale security testing capabilities
Increase testing coverage across complex system architectures
Make risk-based security decisions
Champion a proactive security culture using human judgment and autonomous agents
Collaborate with engineering teams to drive long-term security maturity
Mentor team members and provide constructive technical feedback

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of related experience, Master’s plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year in application-level penetration testing
• Advanced proficiency in offensive security across web applications, mobile applications, networks, and distributed systems
• Deep technical understanding of common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and remediation strategies
• Experience with public cloud platforms, specifically AWS and GCP
• Ability to develop and maintain custom tooling using Python or Bash
• Active contributions to the security community preferred, such as research publications, CVEs, open-source projects, or bug-bounty recognitions
• Strong proficiency in C++, JavaScript, Python, or Go preferred
• Experience with Splunk products or similar large-scale data platforms preferred
• Ability to build cross-functional relationships with engineering teams preferred
• Communication, mentoring, and constructive technical feedback skills preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced penetration testing expertise with a focus on offensive security across web and mobile applications, as well as cloud environments. Capable of crafting attack plans, providing remediation guidance, and mentoring teams to enhance security maturity.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Advanced Penetration Testing
• Offensive Security
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP)
• Custom Tool Development (Python, Bash)
• Vulnerability Assessment

Hard Skills

• Penetration Testing
• Vulnerability Identification
• Remediation Strategies
• Attack Vectors
• C++
• JavaScript
• Python
• Go
• Splunk
• Agentic AI Workflows

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Mentoring
• Technical Feedback
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• Security Culture
• Risk-Based Security Decisions
• Complex System Architectures
• Security Community Contributions

Tools & Technologies

• AWS
• GCP
• Splunk
• Custom Tooling