Red Team Specialist

Job Title: Red Team Specialist Location: London (Hybrid/On-site preferred)Salary: Up to £90,000 + Benefits + Bonus Employment Type: Permanent Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Red Team Specialist to join our clients security function. You will lead and execute offensive security operations, simulating real-world adversaries to identify weaknesses in our organisation's technology, processes, and human controls. This role is ideal for an individual with deep technical expertise, strong threat-emulation experience, and the ability to translate complex findings into actionable security improvements. Key Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and report on red team engagements including full-scope attack simulations
• Perform targeted adversary emulation across network, application, cloud, and physical domains
• Develop exploit chains and bypass advanced detection and security controls
• Collaborate with the Blue Team to support a purple team approach, improving detection capabilities
• Identify vulnerabilities within people, process, and technology to strengthen resilience
• Produce high-quality reports with clear business and risk-aligned recommendations
• Conduct ongoing research into emerging attacker TTPs, threat actors, and exploit techniques
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to tooling, methodology, and lab development

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years' experience in red teaming, offensive security, or advanced penetration testing
• Strong knowledge of attacker frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, NIST adversary simulation guidelines)
• Highly proficient with red team tools and techniques (e.g., Cobalt Strike, Mimikatz, Sliver, BloodHound, Metasploit etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Active Directory attacks, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and stealth operations
• Ability to conduct social engineering and phishing campaigns
• Strong understanding of networking, Windows/Linux internals, defensive technologies, and bypass techniques
• Excellent communication and reporting skills

Preferred Certifications

• CREST CCT (Red Team/Infrastructure/App)
• CHECK Team Leader / Team Member
• OSCP, OSEP, OSED, or equivalent advanced offensive qualifications

Security Clearance

• Ability to obtain SC or DV clearance preferred (existing clearance highly desirable)