Red and Blue Team Exercises Specialist

Sasso Consulting; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Part time

Job summary

SASSO Consulting is recruiting experienced Red and Blue Team Cybersecurity Specialists for exciting opportunities within enterprise cybersecurity and information security. Location: Gauteng. Salary: Market-related.

Positions Available: 5. Employment type: 3 Year contract, hybrid. We are looking for technically strong professionals with proven hands-on experience in offensive security, defensive security, adversary simulation, threat detection or cybersecurity exercises.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years' relevant cybersecurity experience.
• Hands-on Red Team, Blue Team or Purple Team experience - essential
• Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Experience with security monitoring, threat detection or incident response
• Exposure to enterprise security technologies (SIEM, EDR) and attacker emulation

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute cybersecurity exercises to validate security controls.
• Identify weaknesses and recommend improvements across enterprise security.
• Support threat detection, incident response and security monitoring activities.
• Contribute to offensive and defensive security engagements and simulations.

Skills

Red Team

Blue Team

Purple Team

Threat detection

Incident response

Cybersecurity exercises

Education

Relevant IT/CS/Cybersecurity qualification

Tools

Kali Linux

Metasploit

Burp Suite

Splunk

CrowdStrike

SIEM/EDR

Job description

WE'RE HIRING | RED & BLUE TEAM CYBERSECURITY SPECIALISTS - 5 POSITIONS

Location: Gauteng

Salary: Market-related

Positions Available: 5

Employment type: 3 Year contract, hybrid

SASSO Consulting is recruiting experienced Red and Blue Team Cybersecurity Specialists for exciting opportunities within enterprise cybersecurity and information security.

We are looking for technically strong professionals with proven hands-on experience in offensive security, defensive security, adversary simulation, threat detection or cybersecurity exercises.

Key Requirements:

• Relevant IT, Computer Science or Cybersecurity qualification
• 3-5+ years' relevant cybersecurity experience
• Proven hands-on Red Team, Blue Team or Purple Team experience - essential
• Strong understanding of penetration testing, adversary emulation or defensive security operations
• Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Experience Identifying Security Vulnerabilities And Evaluating Security Controls
• Practical experience with security monitoring, threat detection or incident response
• Exposure to SIEM, EDR and enterprise security technologies
• Understanding of Active Directory, Windows, Linux and network security
• Experience with cybersecurity exercise planning, execution or detection validation
• Familiarity with tools such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, Burp Suite, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel or CrowdStrike advantageous

Advantageous Certifications:

• OSCP
• OSEP
• CRTP
• CRTE
• GPEN
• GCIH
• GCIA
• CEH
• CompTIA PenTest+
• CompTIA CySA+

We're looking for candidates who:

• Have practical experience conducting or supporting cybersecurity exercises
• Understand attacker techniques and enterprise security defences
• Can identify security weaknesses and recommend effective improvements
• Have strong analytical, investigative and technical problem-solving skills

IMPORTANT:

This is a specialist cybersecurity opportunity. General IT support or theoretical cybersecurity knowledge without substantial hands-on offensive or defensive security experience will not be sufficient.