Senior Cyber Red Team Exploitation Lead

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

LockheedMartin’s Red Team seeks an experienced Cyber Test Exploitation professional to lead and execute advanced exploitation and penetration testing initiatives across enterprise and weapon system environments, applying ethical hacking techniques to protect critical military technology.

You will identify attack vectors, develop mitigations, and collaborate with senior partners to deliver actionable security improvements across multiple programs.

Qualifications

• Hands-on keyboard penetration testing including web apps and components (injection, XSS, validation, session mgmt, web services).
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash, Grep/Sed/Awk) with offensive cyber tools.
• Networking knowledge (data flows, architecture, protocols, traffic, wireless).
• Experience leveraging AI in offensive operations and evaluating AI-enabled systems for threat models.
• Experience with engineering LLM-driven exploit generation pipelines and integrating with red team frameworks.
• Understanding of AI safety concepts and how they can be bypassed or reinforced in offensive scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute exploitation and penetration testing initiatives across LockheedMartin enterprises, products, programs, and technologies.
• Identify potential exploitation vectors and implement mitigations to strengthen security posture.
• Apply a broad range of testing tactics, techniques, and procedures to uncover weaknesses and remediation opportunities.
• Collaborate with senior technical partners on critical security matters, delivering actionable results.
• Coordinate penetration-testing and red-teaming activities across organizations to support enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Influence security practices across environments, contracts, and business units.

Skills

Penetration testing

Scripting

AI in offensive operations

Networking fundamentals

Team collaboration

Travel readiness

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

LockheedMartin’s Red Team seeks an experienced Cyber Test Exploitation professional to lead and execute advanced exploitation and penetration testing initiatives across enterprise and weapon system environments, applying ethical hacking techniques to protect critical military technology.

You will identify attack vectors, develop mitigations, and collaborate with senior partners to deliver actionable security improvements across multiple programs.