Senior/Staff Attack Engineer, Rapid Response
Core
Research and productize real-world exploitation techniques to help security teams rapidly validate exposure, prioritize remediation, and verify defenses against high-consequence vulnerabilities.
Role type
Staff IC attack engineer (vulnerability research & automation)
Builds
Safe, repeatable, automated attack capabilities and modules for the Rapid Response product
Domain
Cybersecurity, offensive security, vulnerability research
Required skills
Python, software engineering, penetration testing, vulnerability research, exploit development, enterprise network security, cloud security, identity systems, attacker tradecraft, automation, privilege escalation, lateral movement
Preferred skills
CISA KEV analysis, Zero-Day research, incident response, threat hunting, purple teaming, AWS/Azure/GCP/Kubernetes/Active Directory/Entra ID/Okta, exploit development, reverse engineering, malware analysis, CTF experience
Technologies
Python, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta
Responsibilities
Research and reproduce high-consequence vulnerabilities across enterprise networks, applications, identity systems, cloud environments, and infrastructure; Study attacker tactics, techniques, procedures, and campaigns observed in the wild; Turn vulnerability research and real-world attacker behavior into safe, repeatable proof-of-exploit capabilities, attack paths, and automated modules; Demonstrate realistic impact including privilege escalation, credential access, lateral movement, persistence, and data access; Validate remediation and containment by safely retesting vulnerabilities and security controls; Improve execution speed, reliability, observability, and evidence quality while collaborating with research, product, and engineering teams
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact (via careerplan.io/jobs/315c594a-2c9d-4400-b3fe-31ca8c589d81-seniorstaff-attack-engineer-rapid-response-at-horizon3ai)
