Senior Red Team Operator - Adversary Emulation (Remote)

EY; Jericho (NY); Hybrid; USD 128,100 - 239,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

EY is seeking a senior Red Team Operator within the Attack Surface Management team. You will emulate advanced threat actors, identify vulnerabilities, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen EY and client defenses.

You will lead engagements, mentor juniors, and collaborate with defensive teams to improve detection, response, and resilience while staying current with emerging threats and techniques.

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 recon, initial access, execution, persistence, lateral movement, exfiltration, and impact.
• Conduct advanced penetration testing across networks, web/apps, APIs, AD, identity systems, and cloud.
• Perform social engineering (phishing) as part of engagements.
• Produce detailed technical reports, executive summaries, risk assessments, and remediation recommendations.

Skills

Offensive security tools

Cloud platforms

Python

PowerShell

Executive risk communication

Education

OSCP

CPTS

GPEN

OSEP

OSCE

Tools

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

Empire

BloodHound

Nmap

Burp Suite

Job description

EY is seeking a senior Red Team Operator within the Attack Surface Management team. You will emulate advanced threat actors, identify vulnerabilities, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen EY and client defenses.

You will lead engagements, mentor juniors, and collaborate with defensive teams to improve detection, response, and resilience while staying current with emerging threats and techniques.