Senior Offensive Security Lead - AI-Driven Red Team

Alteryx, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Time off

Job summary

Alteryx, Inc. is seeking a Principal Offensive Security Engineer in the United States. You will lead risk-prioritized pentesting, red-team engagements, and adversary simulations across product and enterprise environments.

A hands-on role with AI-enabled testing and mentoring responsibilities. You will partner with Security Operations, Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Application Security, Cloud Security, IT, and Engineering to validate defenses and improve detection, response, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of information security experience with hands-on pentesting, red teaming, or offensive security.
• Experience leading complex penetration tests or offensive security engagements.
• Deep hands-on expertise in application/API exploitation, cloud offensive security, identity, or enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk-prioritized penetration testing and offensive security assessments across products, web apps, APIs, infrastructure, cloud, identity, SaaS, and enterprise tech.
• Identify, validate, and safely exploit vulnerabilities and demonstrate how weaknesses can be chained into realistic attack paths.
• Scope, design, and execute red-team campaigns and adversary simulations based on threats and business risk.
• Develop, validate, and incorporate AI-assisted workflows into offensive security activities.
• Develop custom scripts, tooling, payloads, and automation to support engagements.
• Conduct offensive security and red-team assessments focusing on GCP and modern identity platforms, extending to AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red teaming

Adversary simulation

Cloud security

Python

PowerShell

GCP

AWS

Azure

MITRE ATT&CK

AI in security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Cybersecurity

Tools

AI tooling frameworks

Red-team tooling

Security tooling frameworks

Job description

Alteryx, Inc. is seeking a Principal Offensive Security Engineer in the United States. You will lead risk-prioritized pentesting, red-team engagements, and adversary simulations across product and enterprise environments.

A hands-on role with AI-enabled testing and mentoring responsibilities. You will partner with Security Operations, Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Application Security, Cloud Security, IT, and Engineering to validate defenses and improve detection, response, and