Red Team Lead

Red Team Lead - £100k - £125k + 20% Bonus - London (Hybrid) - Investment Banking

Overview:
A market leading Investment Banking organization are searching for an experienced Red Team Lead to join the business at VP level and take responsibility for the EMEA region.

Role & Responsibilities:
  • Lead the design, planning, and execution of sophisticated Red Team engagements simulating advanced persistent threats across global enterprise environments
  • Develop and refine Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) aligned with MITRE ATT&CK to challenge and validate detection and response mechanisms
  • Conduct advanced adversary emulation, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and persistence operations in diverse environments
  • Reverse engineer proof-of-concept exploits and assess their relevance and impact within infrastructure
  • Partner with Blue Team, Detection Engineering, and Threat Intelligence to validate findings and enhance detection logic and response workflows
  • Deliver clear, actionable reporting of findings, attack paths, and remediation strategies to both technical and executive stakeholders
  • Lead the development and maintenance of internal Red Team tools, scripts, and infrastructure to support scalable operations
  • Mentor and coach junior Red Team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
  • Stay at the forefront of emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and offensive security methodologies to inform team strategy and tooling
  • Collaborate with SOC team and selected vendor to plan and execute annual purple team testing
  • Lead and manage a team of security professionals and vendor resources to conduct regular risk assessments to identify and exploit vulnerabilities, MIS-configurations within EMEA internal & external infrastructure.
  • Implement and maintain governance of any assessments finding remediation progress and create regular reporting for tech and executives
  • Collaborating with other technology teams (ie infra, app and etc) to develop and improve defensive strategies and security measures to prevent real-world attacks.
Skills and Experience:
  • Must have combined 10+ years of experience with information technology and recent experience in information security with an offensive security discipline
  • Proven track record of leading Red Team engagements or advanced penetration testing engagements in complex enterprise environments
  • Deep familiarity with C2 frameworks (eg, Cobalt Strike, Mythic, Sliver), evasion techniques, and post-exploitation tooling
  • Advanced proficiency in Scripting or programming languages (eg, Python, PowerShell, Bash, C/C++)
  • Expert-level understanding of Windows and Linux internals, Active Directory, and enterprise network architecture
  • Experience with vulnerability research, exploit development, and threat emulation
  • Strong knowledge of security frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST-CSF, and OWASP
  • Strong ability to analyse and distil complex issues and present succinct updates to management and associated committees.
  • The ability to create clear documentation relating to Operational Processes and Procedures.
Package:
  • £100k - £125k Basic Salary
  • 20% Bonus
  • London (Hybrid Working)

Red Team Lead - £100k - £125k + 20% Bonus - London (Hybrid) - Investment Banking
Company
IntecSelect
Location
London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
Posted
Company
IntecSelect
Location
London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
Posted