Senior Red Team Operator

🚀 Red Team Tester / Red Team Operator | £60,000 – £120,000 DOE + Bonus | Remote

A leading cybersecurity consultancy is looking for a Red Team Tester / Operator to sit at the core of offensive security engagements, simulating real-world adversaries to help clients understand and improve their defensive posture. You'll design and execute realistic attack scenarios across enterprise networks, cloud infrastructure, and hybrid systems — requiring a strong technical foundation, creativity in exploitation and evasion techniques, and the ability to operate independently and as part of a collaborative red team.

✨ Why this role stands out:

1️⃣ Work on high-impact, real-world adversary simulation engagements that directly improve enterprise and national-level security resilience

2️⃣ Develop and refine advanced offensive capabilities alongside highly experienced operators

3️⃣ Exposure to a wide variety of complex environments, tooling, and client scenarios for continuous growth

🎯 Responsibilities:

🔹 Plan, design, and execute red team operations and adversary emulation scenarios

🔹 Conduct reconnaissance, vulnerability research, exploitation, and post-exploitation activities

🔹 Develop custom tooling, payloads, and tradecraft to bypass modern security controls

🔹 Perform Active Directory attacks, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and persistence techniques

🔹 Simulate real-world threat actor behaviours aligned to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK

🔹 Collaborate with blue teams and stakeholders during controlled engagements

🔹 Produce high-quality technical and executive reporting, including remediation guidance

🔹 Contribute to internal research, capability development, and knowledge sharing

🛠️ Skills/Must Have:

🔹 Strong understanding of Windows and Linux internals

🔹 Proven experience in penetration testing or red teaming environments

🔹 Solid knowledge of Active Directory attack paths and common misconfigurations

🔹 Experience with scripting or development in Python, PowerShell, or similar languages

🔹 Familiarity with common offensive security tools and frameworks

🔹 Understanding of network protocols and security controls (EDR, SIEM, AV evasion)

🔹 Ability to think creatively and adapt tactics in dynamic environments

🔹 Strong communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences

🎁 Benefits:

🔹 Opportunity to work on advanced, real-world red team engagements

🔹 Continuous professional development and training support

🔹 Access to industry-leading tooling and research environments

🔹 Collaborative and highly skilled offensive security team

🔹 Flexible working arrangements

💰 Salary: £60,000 – £120,000 DOE, plus performance-related bonuses and benefits package

📩 Interested? Get in touch to find out more or send your CV directly.

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