Att&ck Engineer Jobs

1 job found

Today

Security Engineer, Level 5, Offensive Security

Snapchat Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Today

$178k - $313k/yr Full time Application Security Att&ck Cloud Platforms

Apply Now

Job Description

Snap’s Offensive Security Team is looking for a Security Engineer, Level 5 focused on offensive security and privacy engagements. In this onsite role in Los Angeles, you will design and lead real-world testing across corporate environments, cloud projects and accounts, internal applications, and mobile client applications.

The work blends hands-on assessment execution with threat-informed planning, producing actionable outputs that help teams strengthen detection, mitigation, and overall security posture.

Role scope

Design, execute, and lead offensive security and privacy engagements, including red, purple, and orange team exercises.
Conduct assessments across corporate environments, cloud projects/accounts, internal applications, and mobile client applications.
Maintain an understanding of real-world threat actors, including tools, tactics, and procedures, with an emphasis on threats that target Snap.

Threat modeling and engagement roadmap

Partner with the threat intelligence team to enumerate exhaustive killchains that seed and prioritize the engagement roadmap.
Use threat modeling and killchains to guide assessment design.

Reporting and defensive impact

Produce detailed post-engagement reports covering vulnerabilities, strengths and weaknesses in Snap’s security posture, detection coverage, and recommendations.
Include prioritized risk mitigation strategies and improvements to defensive measures.
Advise other security and privacy teams based on engagement findings to align initiatives and identify priority areas for improvement.

Offensive tooling and infrastructure

Implement and manage offensive security engagement infrastructure and tooling for covert operations that mimic relevant adversary tactics.
Develop custom implants, payloads, and exploits to test and evaluate defenses.

Subject matter expertise

Serve as a subject matter expert and consultant across security and privacy teams.
Participate in security reviews, reproduce vulnerabilities, and support high-stakes incident response efforts.

Research and continuous improvement

Explore novel research topics aligned to Snap’s tech stack to proactively improve security posture.
Integrate lessons learned into future exercises.

Required qualifications

Proven experience leading offensive security engagements, coordinating multiple security engineers, and managing assessments to test and evaluate security measures.
Expert knowledge in four or more of: operating system internals, networking, application development, mobile client development, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP).
Payload/implant/exploit development experience.
Coding proficiency in one or more modern languages including Java, Python, Go, etc.
Scripting skills such as Bash and PowerShell to automate security tasks.
Ability to thrive in new and complex technical environments, building foundational understanding and applying it during engagements.
Minimum education: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field.
Minimum experience: 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s security related experience; or Master’s degree + 5+ years post-grad security related experience; or PhD + 2+ years post-grad security related experience.
May provide evidence of personal security research (CVEs or blogs), public bug bounty reports, prior CTF participation, and/or GitHub repositories with personally developed security tools.

Technologies

Java, Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell
Kubernetes, AWS, GCP
ATT&CK

Benefits

Paid parental leave
Comprehensive medical coverage
Emotional and mental health support programs
Compensation packages including equity in the form of RSUs

Location and work policy

Los Angeles, CA (onsite)
Default to work in the office 4+ days per week

Compensation

Annual base salary range varies by zone. The position offers:

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): $209,000-$313,000
Zone B: $199,000-$297,000
Zone C: $178,000-$266,000

View full job page →

Get Att&ck Engineer Jobs alerts

New Att&ck Engineer Jobs, daily.