Security Engineer III, Red Team Operator (TS Clearance)

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity.

Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape.

Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

We are seeking a skilled Red Team Operator to simulate real-world adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to assess and improve the organization's detection, response, and resilience capabilities.

This role is responsible for planning and executing adversary emulation, penetration testing, social engineering, and post-exploitation activities in a controlled and authorized manner.

The ideal candidate combines deep offensive security expertise with strong operational discipline and clear reporting skills.

Work you'll do

As a Red Team Operator on the Cyber Defense & Resilience team, you will be responsible for...


* Plan and execute red team operations against enterprise environments, web applications, cloud platforms, and endpoints.


* Emulate advanced threat actors using realistic attack paths, tools, and techniques.


* Conduct reconnaissance, initial access, privilege escalation, lateral movement, persistence, and exfiltration simulations.


* Assess the effectiveness of security controls, monitoring, and incident response processes.


* Perform phishing, social engineering, and credential attack exercises where authorized.


* Develop custom payloads, scripts, and attack workflows to support engagements.


* Document findings, attack chains, gaps in defenses, and recommendations for remediation.


* Deliver clear after-action reports and debriefs to technical and leadership stakeholders.


* Collaborate with blue teams, detection engineers, and security leadership to improve defensive capabilities.


* Maintain strict adherence to rules of engagement, legal requirements, and operational safety.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:


* Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team


* Effective written and verbal communication skills


* Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product


* Ability to build and sustain professional relationships


* Ability to lead projects or workstreams


* Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment


* Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor


* Ability to meet deadlines


* Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity.

Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape.

Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to ...