Senior Adversary Ops Engineer: Pen Testing & Purple Teaming

CVS Health; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health seeks a Senior Adversary Operations Engineer to strengthen security through advanced penetration testing and adversary emulation across enterprise, cloud, identity, API, and application environments. You will own engagements end-to-end from scoping to remediation guidance, delivering actionable insights aligned to business objectives.

You will collaborate with detection engineering, SOC, and incident response to improve telemetry, alerting and response workflows, while developing

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, red teaming, or offensive security.
• 3+ years with Kali Linux, Metasploit, Nmap, Burp Suite, or similar tools.
• 3+ years scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.).
• 3+ years cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP) and container security.

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal and external penetration tests to identify vulnerabilities.
• Develop and execute adversary emulation scenarios to assess detection and response.
• Create detailed reports with findings and actionable remediation recommendations.
• Collaborate with blue teams on purple team exercises to improve detection and response.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red teaming

Scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash)

Cloud security

Container security

Adversary emulation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kali Linux

Metasploit

Nmap

Burp Suite

Job description

CVS Health seeks a Senior Adversary Operations Engineer to strengthen security through advanced penetration testing and adversary emulation across enterprise, cloud, identity, API, and application environments. You will own engagements end-to-end from scoping to remediation guidance, delivering actionable insights aligned to business objectives.

You will collaborate with detection engineering, SOC, and incident response to improve telemetry, alerting and response workflows, while developing