Senior Red Team Leader & Advisory Consultant (Remote)

bishopfox; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Remote work stipend

Training budget

Retirement matching

Parental leave

Job summary

bishopfox is seeking a senior offensive security consultant to lead engaging red and purple team assessments across networks, apps, cloud, and physical environments. You will research advanced attacker techniques, develop tooling, and translate findings into actionable guidance for clients.

In addition to hands-on testing, the role includes mentoring junior staff, guiding practice development, and advising clients on risk and security improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of offensive security experience including red team or purple team work across varied industries.
• Strong knowledge of common operating systems and Active Directory exploitation and lateral movement.
• Familiarity with major cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Hands-on experience with command-and-control frameworks, custom tooling, payload development, reverse engineering, and endpoint detection evasion.
• Proficiency in multiple programming or scripting languages and solid network and web protocol knowledge.
• Experience with reconnaissance and social engineering, plus the ability to assess AI system risks involving tool misuse, trust boundaries, authorization, and sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Plan red and purple team engagements by profiling targets, defining objectives, and mapping attack paths.
• Conduct authorized operations across network, web, physical, and social engineering scenarios.
• Assess exposure in cloud environments, containers, identity systems, and AI applications.
• Develop or adapt tools and payloads, research evasion approaches, and perform reverse engineering as needed.
• Communicate findings, response implications, and prioritized recommendations to client stakeholders.
• Lead small engagement teams, mentor peers, and contribute to consulting methods and practice development.

Skills

Offensive security

Red team

Purple team

Leadership

Communication

Scripting

Reverse engineering

Cloud platforms

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

C2 frameworks

Job description

bishopfox is seeking a senior offensive security consultant to lead engaging red and purple team assessments across networks, apps, cloud, and physical environments. You will research advanced attacker techniques, develop tooling, and translate findings into actionable guidance for clients.

In addition to hands-on testing, the role includes mentoring junior staff, guiding practice development, and advising clients on risk and security improvements.