Red Teamer Job Plano area,Texas USA,IT/Tech

Title:
Red Teamer
Duration:
Contract
Location: USA Remote

Red Teamer (Mid Level)

Execute authorized red team and adversary emulation activities under defined rules of engagement to identify weaknesses in people, process, and technology.
Participate in planning offensive security engagements, including scoping discussions, attack path selection, and success criteria aligned to realistic threat scenarios.
Conduct hands-on testing across approved attack surfaces such as external perimeter, internal network, identity (Active Directory), endpoints, and cloud environments.
Perform reconnaissance and enumeration using OSINT and internal discovery techniques to identify viable initial access and movement opportunities.
Exploit validated weaknesses (where permitted) to demonstrate real-world business and security impact, including access expansion and lateral movement.
Execute social engineering simulations (e.g., phishing) when in scope to assess human and procedural resilience.
Document findings with evidence, maintaining accurate notes, screenshots, tooling artifacts, and timelines throughout the engagement.
Collaborate with senior red team members and purple team counterparts to validate detections, assess response gaps, and improve defensive controls.
Contribute to clear, structured reporting, translating technical findings into actionable remediation steps for security and infrastructure teams.
Continuously improve red team tradecraft by learning new techniques, tools, and attack patterns while staying aligned with organizational policies and safety requirements.

Required Skills & Experience
Experience

3 6 years of hands-on experience in offensive security, red teaming, or advanced penetration testing.
Prior experience operating in enterprise environments with formal authorization and change controls.

Technical Skills
Strong understanding of attack lifecycle and kill chain concepts.
Hands-on experience with:

Windows, Active Directory, and identity attacks
Network and endpoint security concepts
Common vulnerability classes and exploitation techniques
Working knowledge of phishing and social engineering testing (design and execution under supervision)
Practical experience using offensive security tools
Ability to write and modify scripts in Power Shell, Python, or Bash to automate tasks and support testing.

Communication & Professional Skills

Ability to produce clear technical documentation and findings summaries.
Comfortable working with cross functional teams (SOC, Infra, IAM, Cloud).
Strong understanding of ethical, legal, and safety boundaries in offensive security.

Good to Have Skills

Exposure to cloud security testing (Azure/AWS/GCP), especially identity and misconfiguration scenarios.
Familiarity with MITRE Telecommunication&CK and mapping findings to tactics and techniques.
Experience participating in purple team exercises or detection validation.
Basic understanding of EDR, SIEM, and logging pipelines to support detection gap analysis.
One or more offensive security certifications (e.g., OSCP, CRTO, GPEN, or similar).

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.