Advanced Red Team Operator Security Clearance

Position: Advanced Red Team Operator with Security Clearance
Overview Intelligent Waves is seeking an Advanced Red Team Operator to support complex U.S. Navy acquisition and operational programs. This role provides senior-level support to cyber Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) activities across a broad portfolio of Navy platforms, weapon systems, information warfare capabilities, and enterprise business systems. The Advanced Red Team Operator leads the design and execution of cyber OT&E test strategies, oversees authorized cyber test events, and produces comprehensive technical reports detailing findings, risk impacts, and mission relevance.

Testing is conducted in live operational environments, laboratories, cyber ranges, and cloud-based infrastructures, spanning both information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems. Protection of system safety, mission assurance, and operational security is paramount throughout all phases of testing. This role requires expert application of approved tools, resources, and advanced adversary tradecraft to compromise and maneuver within systems and networks under test in support of defined mission objectives.

The operator exercises significant autonomy, provides technical leadership to junior and intermediate red team personnel, and executes operations in coordination with the OID Current Operations Officer, ensuring strict adherence to rules of engagement, authorization boundaries, and test objectives.
** This position is contingent upon final contract and funding approval.

Location:

Norfolk, VA
✈️ Travel:
None ️ Clearance Requirement: TS/SCI Intelligent Waves delivers mission-focused multi-domain operational expertise and innovation to the Government through high-impact technology solutions in cybersecurity, data science, enterprise network & systems engineering, software development, and cognitive human performance. ANYTIME. ANYWHERE. ANY DOMAIN. Since 2006, we have proudly served federal agencies including the Department of Defense. Our ability to operate globally in a wide range of environments, coupled with our deep understanding of customer needs and requirements, enables us to provide cost-effective solutions to support the most complex missions.

Adherence to all customer site protocols is mandatory for employees. Responsibilities Planning and Governance
* Develop, maintain, and enforce red team SOPs, test documentation, and reference materials to sustain DCAT authorization in accordance with DoDI 8585.01.

* Lead cyber test planning activities including mission analysis, attack surface identification, threat modeling, and validation of test objectives for feasibility and operational realism.

* Coordinate deconfliction, approvals, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring compliance with Joint Forces Headquarters DODIN procedures and external organization reporting requirements.
Adversary Research and Capability Development
* Conduct in-depth research on adversary cyber actors, including TTPs, organizational structures, capabilities, personas, and operational environments, integrating findings into survivability and threat-informed testing.

* Lead open-source intelligence analysis and system documentation review to assess mission context, architectures, interfaces, critical components, and threat vectors.

* Collaborate with development organizations to design, build, and deploy custom tools, techniques, and access methodologies to support advanced red team objectives.
Test Preparation and Execution Leadership
* Lead red team test preparation, including site coordination visits, in-briefs, test plan reviews, and development of technical reference libraries and research briefings.

* Execute advanced cyber test events including Cooperative Vulnerability Penetration Assessments, Adversarial Assessments, and Cyber Tabletop Exercises across operational, developmental, and risk reduction environments.

* Independently conduct and oversee exploitation activities using approved tools and tradecraft while providing technical direction and mentorship to basic and intermediate red team operators.
Operational Tradecraft and Post-Test Analysis
* Apply advanced ethical hacking techniques to exploit vulnerabilities…