Associate Principal Red Team Consultant

UltraViolet Cyber is a leading platform-enabled unified security operations company providing a comprehensive suite of security operations solutions. Founded and operated by security practitioners with decades of experience, the UltraViolet Cyber security-as-code platform combines technology innovation and human expertise to make advanced real-time cybersecurity accessible for all organizations by eliminating risks of separate red and blue teams.

By creating continuously optimized identification, detection, and resilience from today’s dynamic threat landscape, UltraViolet Cyber provides both managed and custom-tailored unified security operations solutions to the Fortune 500, Federal Government, and Commercial clients. UltraViolet Cyber is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with global offices across the U.S. and in India.

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a mid-to-senior Red Team Associate Principal Consultant to join our offensive security practice. You will plan and execute sophisticated, scenario-based adversary simulations for enterprise clients across multiple sectors. This is a client-facing role requiring both deep technical execution capability and the ability to communicate risk clearly to technical and executive stakeholders.

- Lead and participate in full-lifecycle red team engagements: scoping, planning, execution, and reporting
- Simulate advanced persistent threat (APT) tactics against enterprise network and cloud environments
- Execute multi-stage attack chains spanning network compromise, Active Directory abuse, cloud environments, and data exfiltration
- Design and conduct social engineering campaigns including phishing, vishing, and smishing operations
- Conduct adversary simulation against hybrid and cloud-native environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Develop custom tooling, payloads, and tradecraft to evade modern defensive controls (EDR, SIEM, CASB)
- Produce high-quality, actionable reports tailored to both technical and executive audiences
- Collaborate with blue team and MDR teams to deliver purple team assessments
- Mentor junior consultants and contribute to internal capability development
- Stay current with emerging threat actor TTPs, tooling, and industry research

US Citizenship is Required

Core Offensive Security
- 4+ years in offensive security, penetration testing, or red team roles
- Proven experience leading or independently executing full red team engagements (not just component pentests)
- Strong command of red teaming methodologies and attack patterns
- Proficiency with common red team toolkits: Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Sliver, Havoc, or equivalent C2 frameworks
- Ability to develop and modify offensive tooling (Python, PowerShell, C/C#, or Go)

Network & Infrastructure
- Deep knowledge of Active Directory attack paths: Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, ACL abuse, DCSync, delegation attacks
- Experience with internal network lateral movement, credential access, and persistence mechanisms
- Familiarity with common enterprise security controls and bypass techniques (AV/EDR evasion, AMSI bypass, LOLBins)
- Understanding of network protocols: SMB, LDAP, Kerberos, DNS, RDP, WinRM

Cloud Environments
- Hands-on experience attacking cloud infrastructure in at least one major provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Familiarity with cloud-specific attack paths
- Experience with cloud red team tooling

Social Engineering
- Experience designing and executing phishing simulation campaigns (credential harvesting, malware delivery)
- Familiarity with pretexting, vishing, and physical access scenarios
- Understanding of awareness evasion techniques (email gateway bypass, domain aging, spoofing controls)

Preferred Qualifications

- Relevant certifications: OSCP, CRTO, CRTE, PNPT, CRTL, or equivalent
- Cloud security certifications (AWS Security Specialty, AZ-900+, or similar) a plus
- Prior consulting or professional services experience in a client-facing capacity
- Experience with TIBER-EU, CBEST, or other regulated red team frameworks
- Published research, CVEs, or conference presentations (DEF CON, Black Hat, etc.)
- Familiarity with threat intelligence and threat actor emulation planning

Soft Skills & Professional Requirements

- Strong written and verbal communication — ability to write clear, concise, and technically accurate reports
- Comfortable presenting findings to C-suite and board-level stakeholders
- Self-directed; able to manage engagement workload with minimal supervision
- Collaborative team player with a mentorship mindset
- Ability to work within legal and ethical boundaries and maintain client confidentiality at all times
- Willingness to travel for on-site engagements as needed (up to ~25%)