Senior Cyber Red Team Lead: Exploitation & Pentest

Lockheed Martin; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking an experienced Cyber Test Exploitation professional to lead advanced exploitation and penetration testing initiatives, assess attack vectors, and develop mitigations that enhance security across the enterprise. The role emphasizes collaboration with senior partners, cross‑team coordination, and the application of a broad range of offensive testing techniques.

The successful candidate will navigate hybrid work arrangements near Fort Worth, Orlando, or Bethesda, with US

Qualifications

• Hands-on keyboard penetration testing across web apps and components (injection, XSS, validation, session mgmt).
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash) including offensive cyber tool work.
• Networking fundamentals and data flows for secure architectures.
• Experience leveraging AI in offensive operations and assessing AI attack surfaces.
• Experience with AI safety concepts and guardrails in offensive contexts.
• Familiarity with leading red team frameworks and exploit generation pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead exploitation and penetration testing across LockheedMartin environments and technologies.
• Identify exploitation vectors and implement mitigations to strengthen security posture.
• Apply diverse testing tactics, techniques, and procedures to uncover weaknesses and remediation.
• Collaborate with senior technical partners on critical security matters and deliver actionable results.
• Coordinate penetration-testing and red-teaming across organizations to support enterprise initiatives.
• Influence security practices across environments, contracts, and business units.

Skills

Penetration testing

Scripting (Python)

Networking basics

AI in offensive ops

Threat modeling

Team collaboration

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Lockheed Martin is seeking an experienced Cyber Test Exploitation professional to lead advanced exploitation and penetration testing initiatives, assess attack vectors, and develop mitigations that enhance security across the enterprise. The role emphasizes collaboration with senior partners, cross‑team coordination, and the application of a broad range of offensive testing techniques.

The successful candidate will navigate hybrid work arrangements near Fort Worth, Orlando, or Bethesda, with US