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Associate Director, Principal Security

Gurugram, India💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-23

Core

Independent adversarial security practitioner executing red team operations, penetration tests, and adversarial simulations against applications, data platforms, and cloud infrastructure to validate security posture and reduce exploitable risk.

Role type

Senior IC offensive security engineer (red teaming)

Builds

Security posture validation and risk reduction for Enterprise Solutions applications and cloud infrastructure

Domain

Cybersecurity / Offensive Security / Cloud Security / AI Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Red teaming, penetration testing, cloud security assessment (AWS), AI/agentic system security testing, multi-tenant security assessment, vulnerability research, threat modeling, scripting (Python/Go/Bash/PowerShell), networking fundamentals, Active Directory exploitation, CI/CD pipeline security assessment

Preferred skills

Experience with MITRE ATT&CK frameworks, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, purple teaming, custom tool development

Technologies

AWS, Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, CI/CD pipelines, Active Directory

Responsibilities

Plan and execute red team engagements and penetration tests against web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure; Simulate realistic attacker TTPs aligned with threat intelligence; Validate effectiveness of security controls and re-test remediated vulnerabilities; Conduct adversarial reviews of security architectures and AI system designs; Research emerging attack techniques and develop proof-of-concept exploits; Partner with Security Operations for purple team exercises; Produce assessment reports and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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