Senior Red Team Engineer: Offensive Security Lead

Apex Systems; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company match

HSA (Health Savings Account)

Job summary

Austin, Texas—Everforth Apex Systems seeks a Senior Red Team Security Engineer to lead and mature a new Red Team within the cybersecurity program. You will spearhead penetration testing, offensive security operations, and red team program development, collaborating with SOC and engineering teams to strengthen detection and response capabilities.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in security testing and strong leadership, communication, and technical delivery skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in penetration testing, red team, offensive security or cybersecurity assessments.
• Experience conducting applications, infrastructure, network and cloud security assessments.
• Strong knowledge of security architecture, engineering principles, and offensive security methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal and external penetration testing engagements against apps, systems, networks, cloud environments, and security infrastructure.
• Perform red team exercises to identify security weaknesses and validate defensive controls.
• Utilize offensive security tools to simulate real-world attack scenarios and document findings, attack paths, and remediation recommendations.
• Help mature and expand the red team program by developing methodologies, standards, procedures, and roadmaps.
• Partner with SOC, engineering, infrastructure and application teams to improve detection and response capabilities.
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor within the team.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red Teaming

Offensive security

Ethical hacking

Cybersecurity assessments

Python scripting

Tools

Kali Linux

Veracode

Tenable

VMware

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Austin, Texas—Everforth Apex Systems seeks a Senior Red Team Security Engineer to lead and mature a new Red Team within the cybersecurity program. You will spearhead penetration testing, offensive security operations, and red team program development, collaborating with SOC and engineering teams to strengthen detection and response capabilities.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in security testing and strong leadership, communication, and technical delivery skills.