Hybrid Lead Security Engineer – Offensive Security

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About the role

  • Lead Purple Team Engineer in charge of enhancing security initiatives at Gartner. Utilizing offensive and defensive insights to protect critical digital assets and improve response capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Purple Team operations by designing, planning and executing purple team exercises and activities that simulate real-world attack scenarios to test and improve detection and response capabilities.
  • Work closely with teams such as the Security Operations Center (SOC), Threat Intelligence, and Detection Engineering to help identify and remediate gaps in existing controls​
  • Develop new, and tune existing attack emulations based on use-cases and strategy, drawing from threat intelligence and current events
  • Play a key role in Threat Modeling exercises
  • Assist and support SOC analysts during ad-hoc Incident Response activities
  • Build and maintain tools and scripts to support purple team activities, including automation of attack simulations and telemetry analysis
  • Assist in the development of innovative and cutting-edge detection content aligned with ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, and various other cyber security frameworks
  • Bring your own ideas and solutions to a fast-paced, growing, and evolving team centered around operational excellence
  • Act as a mentor to junior team members, promote knowledge sharing and contribute to the strategic direction of the Security Operations team.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant Information Security or Penetration Testing experience
  • Deep understanding of offensive techniques and tools
  • Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain or other behavioral information security frameworks
  • Python, Bash, PowerShell or other scripting language experience
  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or commensurate experience in Information security is preferred
  • Extensive experience in purple/red teaming with a strong technical foundation in offensive security and adversary emulation.
  • Ability to design, build and scale automated security validation processes
  • Experience with Attack Emulation Platforms
  • Background in cybersecurity incident analysis and investigation
  • Experience utilizing security tools such as EDR (including live response), web proxy, WAF and email security tools
  • Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) skills
  • Ability to query using various query languages such as SPL, SQL, KQL
  • Ability to communicate effectively and possess excellent prioritization skills.
  • Ability to automate tasks and code solutions to repetitive problems (Python, PowerShell, Bash)

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation.
  • Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
  • Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
  • A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
  • A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
  • Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
  • 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
  • Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
  • 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
  • Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
  • Parental leave.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Gartner Gives Charity Match.

Job title

Lead Security Engineer – Offensive Security

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$116,000 - $163,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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