Senior Red Team Engineer

Who is SimSpace:

SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training. 

SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers. 

We are an international company headquartered in Boston's Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!

Why should you choose a career at SimSpace?

We are an organization that is focused on building our culture and mindfully enhancing our atmosphere everyday which is why we have collaborated on an integral value system. Our governing philosophy of being Human Centered is deeply embedded within our value system. We apply this philosophy to every one of our internal team members, external clients, and their customers.

Our core values:

• Serve to Protect – We provide safe space, deliver on the mission, and elevate humanity
• Acquire Understanding – We seek and provide clarity 10x, cultivate comprehension, and believe information goes both all ways
• Operate as Innovators – We stay curious, practice consistency over intensity, and continue to be the change we need in the world
• Teamwork Without Borders – We are never alone, we solve for all, and keep people at the heart of everything we do

We are looking for: A Senior Red Team Engineer. Do you think like an adversary, love to break into systems and enjoy exploiting networks? Want the opportunity to travel the world? If so, you will thrive in this client-facing role alongside our skilled operators on our Red Team. The Red Team provides the Opposing Force (OPFOR) during tests, training and exercises, and will leverage the latest tools, tactics and techniques to simulate sophisticated adversaries to identify and expose weaknesses in security defenses for our customers.

What will you be doing as a Senior Red Team Engineer at SimSpace?

• Develop, plan, and execute simulated attacks against an organization's systems, applications, and networks, using tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) commonly used by real-world threat actors.
• Identify weaknesses in an organization's security controls, including vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and gaps in processes and procedures.
• Continuously research, develop, and improve on tactics and techniques to keep up with the evolving threat landscape, and share knowledge to enhance the overall capability of the team.
• Travel the globe to be onsite with clients, guiding them through live events and educating them. 
• Test and rehearse threats and tools prior to an engagement and coordinate with other Red Teamers to successfully achieve the specified goals.
• Assume the role of the adversary during tests, training and exercises and actively engage with defenders who will be working to repel you out of their network.
• Collaborate with other Red Teamers, developers, and vulnerability researchers to prioritize tool development.
• Skillfully communicate and develop mission debriefs on the success and failures of threats to stakeholders, including technical staff, management, and executives, using clear and concise language.
• Propose improvements for identified security weaknesses, such as enhanced technical measures, updated policies, and actions to bolster the organization's defense.
• Must maintain the confidentiality of the engagement, follow ethical standards and legal regulations, and act in the best interest of the organization at all times.

What are the qualifications to apply? To be successful as a Senior Red Team Engineer, you need to have:

• A robust technical background, including knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Linux, etc.), networking (communication protocols), programming languages (Python, C#, etc.), and security tools (Crowdstrike, McAfee, Security Onion, Splunk, etc.).
• Experience in a client-facing role, and the ability to present and speak to large groups.
• A full grasp of current cybersecurity risks, such as common attack strategies and cybercriminal behavior. Should be acquainted with well-known hacking tools like Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Empire, Pupy, among others.).
• A commitment to continuous learning and staying up to date with the latest technologies, tools, and techniques in the cybersecurity field.
• The ability to think critically, creatively and be able to identify weaknesses in complex systems and environments.
• A solid understanding of exploitation and ability to develop or modify tools & exploit proof of concepts (PoCs) to function with newly introduced defensive countermeasures.
• A deep work ethic by being self-motivated, disciplined, and able to work autonomously or as part of a team, often in high-pressure and time-sensitive environments.
• The ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and be able to explain technical concepts in a clear and concise manner.
• A strong ethical mindset and be committed to acting in the best interest of the organization while conducting red team operations.
• Experience with virtualization solutions.
• Ability to travel approximately 50% of the year.
• United States citizenship is required for this position.

SimSpace is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. 

SimSpace does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression and identity, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military/veteran status, in any of its activities or operations. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.

Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups only apply to jobs if they meet all of the qualifications. However, no one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. SimSpace encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. We look forward to your application!

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact careers@simspace.com.

SimSpace does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.

Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range.