Distinguished Red Team Operator

Apply prior to the end date:
January 20th, 2026

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The Verizon Cyber Security (VCS) organization enables the business by protecting assets and information across Verizon networks, infrastructure and applications. VCS integrates cybersecurity governance, policies, technologies and operations across Verizon, and works to incorporate security into the design of technology systems and services.

Verizon Cybersecurity (VCS) is looking for a Senior Red Team Operator to join our Enterprise Red Team. You will be responsible for leading and participating in the design and execution of red team campaigns testing, measuring, and improving people, process, and technology. Red Team campaigns are objective based security testing for Verizon, covering multiple types of targets. Successful applicants must be capable of evaluating environments, applications, systems and processes to discover weaknesses and leverage those discoveries into actionable real world attack strategies.

The successful candidate will possess an effective aptitude in thinking like an adversary, security of operating systems, networking and protocols, firewalls, databases and middleware applications, forensics, scripting and programing, phishing, and the ability to mentor and lead junior technical testers and effectively translate highly technical information to internal customers in a way that supports VCS and broader Verizon goals.

• Leading and executing full-spectrum Red Team engagements, encompassing adversary emulation, social engineering, and the development of techniques to evade EDR and other controls.
• Ingesting and operationalizing Cyber Threat Intelligence to create realistic, procedure-level emulation plans mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Architecting, developing, and maintaining custom offensive tooling, scripts, and methodologies to enhance the VCS Red Team’s operational scope and efficiency.
• Navigating complex, ambiguous operational environments, translating broad strategic goals into concrete execution plans with minimal oversight.
• Driving cross-functional security initiatives, setting operational principles and leading the execution of significant goals that impact multiple business areas.
• Safely configuring and deploying advanced attacker TTPs within live environments, ensuring rigorous testing without disrupting business continuity.
• Providing expert technical mentorship to team members regarding offensive campaigns, vulnerability analysis, OPSEC, and professional development.
• Acting as a primary Subject Matter Expert regarding security vulnerability impact ratings, offering guidance on the severity and implications of specific exposures.
• Communicating complex risk scenarios to technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel, clearly articulating both the technical findings and the strategic impact.
• Producing high-level documentation and presentations, bridging the gap between technical exploitation details and executive risk management.
• Delivering pragmatic, actionable remediation guidance, helping the organization prioritize fixes based on realistic risk assessments rather than theoretical severity.

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience required, demonstrated through work experience and/or military experience.
• Six or more years of direct offensive security experience, specifically leading engagements in Adversary Emulation, Adversary Simulation, Threat Emulation or…