[Hiring] Associate Principal Red Team Consultant @UltraViolet Cyber

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Role Description

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a mid-to-senior Red Team Associate Principal Consultant to join our offensive security practice. You will plan and execute sophisticated, scenario-based adversary simulations for enterprise clients across multiple sectors. This is a client-facing role requiring both deep technical execution capability and the ability to communicate risk clearly to technical and executive stakeholders.

  • Lead and participate in full-lifecycle red team engagements: scoping, planning, execution, and reporting
  • Simulate advanced persistent threat (APT) tactics against enterprise network and cloud environments
  • Execute multi-stage attack chains spanning network compromise, Active Directory abuse, cloud environments, and data exfiltration
  • Design and conduct social engineering campaigns including phishing, vishing, and smishing operations
  • Conduct adversary simulation against hybrid and cloud-native environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Develop custom tooling, payloads, and tradecraft to evade modern defensive controls (EDR, SIEM, CASB)
  • Produce high-quality, actionable reports tailored to both technical and executive audiences
  • Collaborate with blue team and MDR teams to deliver purple team assessments
  • Mentor junior consultants and contribute to internal capability development
  • Stay current with emerging threat actor TTPs, tooling, and industry research

Qualifications

  • US Citizenship is Required
  • 4+ years in offensive security, penetration testing, or red team roles
  • Proven experience leading or independently executing full red team engagements (not just component pentests)
  • Strong command of red teaming methodologies and attack patterns
  • Proficiency with common red team toolkits: Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Sliver, Havoc, or equivalent C2 frameworks
  • Ability to develop and modify offensive tooling (Python, PowerShell, C/C#, or Go)
  • Deep knowledge of Active Directory attack paths: Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, ACL abuse, DCSync, delegation attacks
  • Experience with internal network lateral movement, credential access, and persistence mechanisms
  • Familiarity with common enterprise security controls and bypass techniques (AV/EDR evasion, AMSI bypass, LOLBins)
  • Understanding of network protocols: SMB, LDAP, Kerberos, DNS, RDP, WinRM
  • Hands-on experience attacking cloud infrastructure in at least one major provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Familiarity with cloud-specific attack paths
  • Experience with cloud red team tooling
  • Experience designing and executing phishing simulation campaigns (credential harvesting, malware delivery)
  • Familiarity with pretexting, vishing, and physical access scenarios
  • Understanding of awareness evasion techniques (email gateway bypass, domain aging, spoofing controls)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Relevant certifications: OSCP, CRTO, CRTE, PNPT, CRTL, or equivalent
  • Cloud security certifications (AWS Security Specialty, AZ-900+, or similar) a plus
  • Prior consulting or professional services experience in a client-facing capacity
  • Experience with TIBER-EU, CBEST, or other regulated red team frameworks
  • Published research, CVEs, or conference presentations (DEF CON, Black Hat, etc.)
  • Familiarity with threat intelligence and threat actor emulation planning

Soft Skills & Professional Requirements

  • Strong written and verbal communication — ability to write clear, concise, and technically accurate reports
  • Comfortable presenting findings to C-suite and board-level stakeholders
  • Self-directed; able to manage engagement workload with minimal supervision
  • Collaborative team player with a mentorship mindset
  • Ability to work within legal and ethical boundaries and maintain client confidentiality at all times
  • Willingness to travel for on-site engagements as needed (up to ~25%)

Benefits

  • $165,000 - $195,000 a year
  • 401(k), including an employer match of 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2% contributed
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (available on the 1st day of the month following your first day of employment)
  • Group Term Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability
  • Voluntary Life, Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and/or Critical Illness
  • Participation in the Discretionary Time Off (DTO) Program
  • 11 Paid Holidays Annually
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