Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Shamrock Trading Corp.; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing training and professional development

Fully paid healthcare, dental, and vision

401(k) contributions and stock ownership

Competitive PTO and remote work options

Job summary

Shamrock Trading Corp. in Overland Park, Kansas is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to enhance the security posture across enterprise and cloud environments. This role emphasizes advanced red teaming and penetration testing, requiring hands-on expertise in exploitation, adversary tactics, and tool customization.

The ideal candidate will have 6-8+ years of relevant experience and a strong grasp of the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Join Shamrock's award-winning culture, where you can grow personally and professionally.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years in offensive security or penetration testing.
• Proven experience in full-scope red team engagements.
• Strong expertise in exploitation and privilege escalation.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute advanced red team engagements.
• Simulate multi-stage attacks to evaluate resilience.
• Conduct penetration testing across various environments.

Skills

Exploitation techniques

Penetration testing

Red teaming

Scripting (Python, PowerShell, C#)

Tools

Cobalt Strike

Sliver

Mythic

Job description

Shamrock Trading Corporation is a family of brands that has been serving the transportation and logistics industries since 1986. Shamrock offers factoring solutions, export financing, third-party logistics, a fuel card program and trucking technology.

Shamrock’s mission since the start has been to create value and success for our customers, our partners and our people. Strong ethics, dedication to our customers and close attention to the marketplace are critical to the success and growth of the Shamrock brands. Shamrock is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, with multiple offices throughout the U.S. Overland Park is a great place to live, work and play, being conveniently located within driving distance of everything Kansas City has to offer. Housed within the heart of Overland Park, our offices include 4 gorgeous towers on the East and West sides of Metcalf Ave. With a heavy community presence and a winning culture, Shamrock is a great place to work in Overland Park!

Why You’ll Love Working Here

Our award-winning culture is a testament to our commitment to growth, recognition and empowerment. From day one, we prioritize employees first, encouraging them to think and act like owners and providing endless opportunities for growth and self-development, both personally and professionally. Shamrock has been recognized as one of America’s 2025 “Most Loved Workplaces” by Newsweek.

At Shamrock,wehirebright,ambitious people and give them the tools they need for a successful, long‑term career here. Shamrockalsooffers a premier set of benefits for employees and their families:

• Training and Development:Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Medical: Fully paid healthcare, dental and vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents, and gym benefits
• Financial: G enerous company 401(k) contributions and employee stock ownership after one year
• Work‑Life Balance:Competitive PTO and work from homeopportunities after an introductory period

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to simulate real‑world adversaries and identify high‑impact vulnerabilities across enterprise and cloud environments. This role focuses on executing realistic adversary simulations, penetration testing, and attack path analysis, partnering closely with defensive teams to improve detection and response capabilities. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on offensive security professional with deep expertise in exploitation, post‑exploitation, and adversary tactics.

What You’ll Do

• Plan and execute advanced red team engagements across enterprise environments.
• Emulate real‑world threat actors using MITRE ATT&CK‑aligned techniques.
• Chain vulnerabilities into realistic attack paths with business impact.
• Simulate multi‑stage attacks to evaluate organizational resilience.
• Conduct penetration testing across: Web applications and APIs, cloud environments (IAM abuse, misconfigurations), identity systems (Active Directory / Entra ID) and internal networks and endpoints
• Identify and exploit vulnerabilities to demonstrate real‑world risk.
• Perform lateral movement, persistence, and privilege escalation activities.
• Test and bypass security controls and detection mechanisms.
• Operate and customize command‑and‑control (C2) frameworks: Cobalt Strike, Sliver, Mythic, or equivalent
• Develop scripts, payloads, and tooling to support operations.
• Validate cloud security posture controls through adversarial techniques.
• Exploit identity misconfigurations, exposed credentials, and privilege escalation paths.
• Assess real‑world impact of cloud exposure risks.
• Partner with SOC and blue teams to conduct purple team exercises.
• Help improve detection rules, alert quality, and response capabilities.
• Provide insight into attacker techniques to enhance defensive strategies.
• Deliver clear, actionable reports with: Risk‑prioritized findings, attack path analysis, and practical remediation guidance
• Translate technical findings into business‑relevant risk insights.

What You’ll Bring

• 6‑8+ years in offensive security, penetration testing, or red teaming.
• Proven experience executing full‑scope red team engagements.
• Strong expertise in: Exploitation (web, network, identity systems), post‑exploitation and lateral movement and privilege escalation techniques
• Experience with C2 frameworks and evasion techniques.
• Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Strong scripting or programming skills (Python, PowerShell, C#, etc.).

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience with cloud penetration testing (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Background in exploit development or custom tooling.
• Certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, CRTO, OSCE.

Apply Today!

We’re so excited to connect with you! If you want to work with forward‑thinking people in an award‑winning culture, submit your application today.