Senior Red Team Operator | Adversary Emulation (Remote)

EY; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 128,100 - 239,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Generous paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a senior Red Team Operator to emulate threat actors and assess the attack surface across global environments. You will identify vulnerabilities, demonstrate business risks, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen defenses.

The role requires deep offensive security expertise, strong scripting, and collaboration with purple teams to improve detection, response, and resilience. Hybrid work and a comprehensive rewards package are offered.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, red teaming, or offensive security.
• Demonstrated experience executing red team or advanced penetration testing engagements.
• Relevant certifications including OSCP, CPTS (or equivalents such as GPEN, CRTO, OSEP, OSCE).
• Ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and lead red team operations and adversary emulation, including reconnaissance, initial access, execution, persistence, lateral movement, exfiltration, and impact.
• Conduct advanced penetration testing across environments: external/internal networks, web/cloud applications, APIs, Active Directory, identity systems, and hybrid/cloud infrastructures.
• Perform social engineering (e.g., phishing) as part of integrated engagements.
• Identify, validate, exploit, and chain vulnerabilities to demonstrate realistic attack paths and business risks.
• Collaborate in Purple Team exercises with defensive teams to improve detection, response, and resilience.
• Produce high-quality deliverables: detailed technical reports, executive summaries, risk assessments, and remediation recommendations.
• Mentor junior team members, provide technical oversight, and contribute to methodology improvements and tooling (e.g., custom exploits, automation scripts).
• Stay current with emerging threats, TTPs, exploits, and defensive countermeasures through research, conferences, and self-development.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red teaming

Scripting

Cloud platforms

Education

OSCP

CPT S

Tools

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

Empire

BloodHound

Nmap

Burp Suite

Job description

EY is seeking a senior Red Team Operator to emulate threat actors and assess the attack surface across global environments. You will identify vulnerabilities, demonstrate business risks, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen defenses.

The role requires deep offensive security expertise, strong scripting, and collaboration with purple teams to improve detection, response, and resilience. Hybrid work and a comprehensive rewards package are offered.