CareerPlan

Offensive Security Engineer

USAFull-time$122k–$185k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-09
Hybrid

Core

Identify security risks, perform threat modeling and penetration testing, and conduct red/purple team exercises to simulate real-world attacks.

Role type

Senior IC offensive security engineer

Builds

Automated offensive security tools, scripts, and agentic tooling

Domain

Cybersecurity / Offensive Security

Required skills

Penetration testing, Red teaming, Threat modeling, Python, Go, JavaScript, Network protocols (DNS, TCP/IP), macOS/Linux administration, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, IDS/IPS, Packet capture, Network analysis, EDR tools, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Identity and access management

Preferred skills

AI tooling (Claude Code, Codex), Adversarial simulation techniques

Technologies

Python, Go, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Slack, Jira, GitHub

Responsibilities

Perform threat modeling and penetration testing across applications and infrastructure. Conduct red and purple team exercises. Develop scripts and tools to automate security testing. Partner with detection teams on adversarial simulations. Communicate findings and collaborate on remediation. Support security incident investigations. Improve offensive security processes and methodologies.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC