Join Deloitte’s Cyber Defense & Resilience team to operate as a Security Engineer III focused on authorized red team engagements.

Plan and execute red team operations across enterprise environments, web applications, cloud platforms, and endpoints
Emulate advanced threat actors using realistic attack paths, tools, and techniques
Run simulations across reconnaissance, initial access, privilege escalation, lateral movement, persistence, and exfiltration
Evaluate security control effectiveness, monitoring coverage, and incident response processes
Conduct authorized phishing, social engineering, and credential attack exercises
Develop custom payloads, scripts, and attack workflows to support engagements
Document findings, attack chains, defense gaps, and remediation recommendations
Provide after-action reports and debriefs to technical and leadership stakeholders
Collaborate with blue teams, detection engineers, and security leadership to strengthen defensive capabilities
Maintain strict adherence to rules of engagement, legal requirements, and operational safety

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field
Active Top-Secret Clearance
Ability to work onsite up to 5 days a week
1+ years of experience with:
- Knowledge of network architecture, protocols, and techniques (e.g., tunneling)
- Hands-on offensive security experience in red teaming, purple teaming, or adversary simulation
- Strong knowledge of enterprise attack techniques across Windows, Active Directory, Linux, cloud, and identity environments
- Experience with command and control frameworks, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and evasion techniques
- Proficiency with tools such as Cobalt Strike, Mythic, Metasploit, BloodHound, Burp Suite, Nmap, and PowerShell or Python
- Experience with MITRE ATT&CK mapping and threat emulation
- Ability to write high-quality reports connecting technical findings to business risk
- Ability to travel 20% on average based on work, clients, and industries/sectors served
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future

Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO) or Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
Experience with C2 frameworks such as Cobalt Strike, Havoc, Mythic, Sliver
Experience with cloud red teaming in AWS, Azure, or GCP
Familiarity with detection engineering, SIEM, EDR, and purple team exercises
Experience developing custom tooling or modifying public offensive tools
Knowledge of malware analysis, reverse engineering, or exploit development

Location: Baltimore, MD (onsite)
Salary range: USD 88,800 - 162,800 per year
Estimated range basis: A reasonable estimate of the current range is $88,800-$162,800

May be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to program rules; awards, if any, depend on factors including individual and organizational performance

Security Engineer III, Red Team Operator

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