Red Team Operator - AVP

Archer is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Embark on a transformative journey as a Red Team Operator - AVP. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you’ll leverage industry-leading tools, explore emerging techniques, and execute operations across a wide range of domains, including cyber, physical, human, process, and technology. As a member of the Red Team, you’ll participate in full-scope adversary emulation exercises spanning cyber operations, physical security assessments, social engineering engagements, and everything in between, testing the resilience of our defenses under realistic conditions.

You’ll identify vulnerabilities and control gaps, then work closely with stakeholders to help strengthen our security posture. This is a highly hands‑on role, ideal for someone who thrives on tackling complex challenges, developing offensive security capabilities, and operating against sophisticated targets. You’ll have dedicated time to research emerging tradecraft, evaluate new tools and techniques, and collaborate with a team of skilled, highly motivated operators.

Success in this role requires good technical expertise, practical security testing experience, creativity in problem-solving, and the ability to work effectively across teams to achieve meaningful security outcomes.

To be successful as a Red Team Operator - AVP, you should have experience:

• Executing full-scope Red Team engagements aligned to clearly defined adversarial objectives across cyber, physical, social engineering, and process attack surfaces
• Designing and delivering end-to-end phishing and social engineering campaigns, including building and managing supporting infrastructure (domains, redirectors, email services, and landing pages), developing realistic pretexts, and creating payloads that accurately emulate real-world threat actor techniques
• Deploying, operating, and optimizing Command and Control (C2) frameworks, such as Cobalt Strike, Nighthawk, or similar platforms, to support adversary emulation activities spanning initial access, post-exploitation, persistence, and lateral movement
• Assessing the effectiveness of security controls by simulating advanced attacker behaviors and identifying opportunities to strengthen organizational defenses
• Collaborating with security teams and stakeholders to translate findings into actionable recommendations and measurable security improvements

• Developing and enhancing custom tooling, offensive tradecraft, and defense‑evasion techniques to emulate sophisticated threat actors and evaluate the effectiveness of security controls, detection, and response capabilities
• Research, prototype, and execute innovative attack methodologies that advance adversary emulation capabilities and align with the evolving threat landscape
• Demonstrate expertise in Red Team operations through hands‑on security testing, offensive security research, any of these industry‑recognized certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, CRTO, CRTP, CREST, CCSAS, CCRTS, are a plus
• Leverage programming and scripting skills to build, customize, and automate tools that improve operational efficiency and support complex Red Team engagements
• Apply considerable analytical thinking, creativity, and problem‑solving skills to navigate technical challenges, adapt to dynamic environments, and deliver impactful security testing outcomes

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

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