Senior Threat Analyst & Red Team Lead

Peraton; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer and Red Team Operator to lead full-scope adversary emulation, penetration assessments, and cyber operations across enterprise, OT/ICS, and cloud-native environments.

You will identify attack paths, develop threat-informed detections, harden container and cloud architectures, and guide distributed cyber teams in defending critical systems.

Qualifications

• Active TS//SCI with the ability to obtain a Q//SCI.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute red team and adversary-emulation engagements across enterprise, OT/ICS, and multi-domain networks.

Skills

Offensive security

Red teaming

DevSecOps

Cloud security

Leadership

U.S. Citizenship

Python

Shell

PowerShell

C/C++

Education

BS/BA (12+ yrs)

MS/MA (10+ yrs)

PhD (7+ yrs)

HS diploma (16+ yrs)

CISSP

GXPN

GCIH

GSEC

CCNA

CySA+

Security+

Network+

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Helm

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Ansible

ELK

Splunk

Suricata

Cobalt Strike

Metasploit

Burp Suite

Wireshark

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer and Red Team Operator to lead full-scope adversary emulation, penetration assessments, and cyber operations across enterprise, OT/ICS, and cloud-native environments.

You will identify attack paths, develop threat-informed detections, harden container and cloud architectures, and guide distributed cyber teams in defending critical systems.