Senior Red Team Operator — Threat Emulation & Purple Team

TransUnion LLC; Michigan; Remote; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage from day one

Company-paid life and AD&D

Paid parental leave

401(k) with employer match

Employee discounts

Paid volunteer time off

Job summary

TransUnion LLC is seeking an experienced Red Teamer to join the Information Security Department. The role focuses on Threat Emulation, Red Team, and Purple Team operations to assess security across systems, networks, and applications.

Remote position with occasional in-person events at management discretion. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in penetration testing, red/purple team experience, phishing and social engineering skills, and a strong ability to produce detailed, actionable reports.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of active penetration testing experience.
• Proven red team and purple team operations track record.
• Ability to compromise, escalate privileges, and move laterally.
• Experience with phishing and social engineering as initial access.
• Experience writing detailed security reports with actionable findings.

Responsibilities

• Conduct threat emulation exercises to simulate cyber-attacks and identify vulnerabilities.
• Lead purple team exercises to test and improve the organization's security posture.
• Perform lateral movement within target environments to assess network segmentation and access controls.
• Demonstrate expertise in local privilege escalation techniques.
• Emulate threat actors to uncover security gaps and weaknesses in defenses.
• Develop scripts and tools to enhance red team operations and simulate real-world attacks.
• Conduct reconnaissance to identify targets and attack vectors.
• Test security of cloud environments and assess configuration weaknesses.
• Document findings, risks, and recommendations for stakeholders.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red team operations

Purple team

Privilege escalation

Threat emulation

Tools

Python

Bash

Git

Job description

TransUnion LLC is seeking an experienced Red Teamer to join the Information Security Department. The role focuses on Threat Emulation, Red Team, and Purple Team operations to assess security across systems, networks, and applications.

Remote position with occasional in-person events at management discretion. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in penetration testing, red/purple team experience, phishing and social engineering skills, and a strong ability to produce detailed, actionable reports.