Senior Offensive Security Consultant (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote, United States; must be authorized to work and reside in the United States. Travel up to 25% annually, including quarterly in-person company events and other meetings.

Salary: $145,000–$170,000 base annually, commensurate with experience.

Company

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

What you will do

• Plan and conduct red team assessments, penetration tests, web application tests, offensive maturity assessments, and specialty security engagements.
• Communicate attack paths, findings, recommendations, and strategy through technical reports, presentations, and executive briefings.
• Build scripts, tools, and methodologies that improve offensive security services.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in areas such as initial access, OSINT, adversary tradecraft, Windows/Linux/macOS operations, evasion, or technical capability development.
• Manage client engagements from scoping and kickoff through testing and remediation while coordinating with customers and internal teams.
• Mentor consultants and develop and deliver training on adversary TTPs, tools, and offensive security techniques.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work and reside in the United States.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to an average of 25% annually.
• Proficient knowledge of offensive security concepts, assessments, security principles, networking, Windows and Unix-like operating systems, and Active Directory.
• Working knowledge of programming or scripting languages such as C#, C++, Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Experience independently managing client projects, leading small teams and engagements, communicating with clients, and delivering presentations.
• Ability to pass a criminal background check and willingness to mentor consultants and deliver technical training.

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 tools.
• Experience administering, attacking, or defending Windows/Active Directory, Linux, or macOS environments.
• Experience working for an information security consultancy or developing technical training.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% company-covered health, dental, vision, and life insurance for employees and families.
• Flexible time off, 13 paid holidays, and remote-work support with home office allowances.
• 401(k) with up to a 4% company match, plus equity and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional development, continuing education, student loan repayment, wellness, lifestyle, and connectivity allowances.
• Open intellectual property policies allowing researchers to retain rights to open-source research and tools.
• In-person and virtual employee events throughout the year.