Associate Offensive Security Consultant (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote, United States; quarterly travel is required for in-person company events and other meetings. Candidates must be authorized to work and reside in the United States; immigration visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $100,000–$125,000 base annually, commensurate with experience.

Company

SpecterOps provides offensive security consulting, adversary simulation, security assessments, research, and professional training services.

What you will do

• Plan and conduct red team assessments, penetration tests, web application tests, offensive maturity assessments, and specialty security assessments.
• Communicate attack paths, findings, recommendations, and strategy through technical reports, presentations, and client briefings.
• Build scripts, tools, and methodologies that improve offensive security services.
• Develop expertise in areas such as initial access, OSINT, adversary tradecraft, Windows/Linux/macOS operations, evasion, or technical capability development.
• Support engagement scoping, technical testing from kickoff through remediation, client meetings, and mentoring of less experienced staff.
• Contribute to and help deliver SpecterOps training courses, including instruction and lab support.

Requirements

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, averaging up to 25% annually.
• Ability to pass a criminal background check.
• Foundational knowledge of offensive security concepts, assessments, security principles, policies, and industry best practices.
• Working knowledge of Windows and Unix-like operating systems, networking, and Active Directory.
• Working knowledge of programming or scripting languages such as C#/.NET, C++, Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Strong technical writing, verbal communication, interpersonal, research, and training-support skills.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• Experience with large enterprise or federal government security assessments.
• Public contributions such as conference presentations, blog posts, white papers, or open-source security tools.
• Experience administering, attacking, or defending Windows/Active Directory, Linux, or macOS environments.
• Experience in security consulting, technical writing, or technical training.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with a $1,500 first-year home-office allowance and a $500 annual allowance thereafter.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance fully covered for employees and their families.
• Flexible time off, 13 paid holidays, and a 401(k) with up to a 4% company match.
• $5,000 annual professional development allowance and $5,250 for continuing education or student loan repayment.
• Quarterly performance bonuses, equity, cell phone and internet reimbursement, and wellness benefits.
• Open intellectual property policies allow researchers to retain rights to open-source research and tools.