Red Team Operator

 

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Job Description

The Red Team Operator is responsible for executing advanced offensive security operations to assess and improve the organization's cybersecurity posture. This role conducts threat emulation, ethical hacking, adversarial simulations, and security research across enterprise systems, applications, infrastructure, and physical security controls. The position develops custom tooling, documents meaningful attack paths and risks, and partners with security and business teams to strengthen detection, response, and remediation capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct threat emulation and adversary simulation exercises that replicate real-world attacker behavior.
• Execute offensive security assessments against enterprise networks, systems, applications, cloud environments, and physical security controls.
• Conduct active Red Team and adversarial operations to evaluate the effectiveness of security controls, detection capabilities, and response procedures.
• Perform innovative cybersecurity research to identify emerging threats, attack techniques, and offensive tradecraft.
• Develop custom tools, payloads, exploits, and automation capabilities in support of Red Team operations.
• Create detailed findings reports documenting attack chains, business impact, risk severity, and remediation recommendations.
• Present technical findings and attack methodologies to technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.
• Partner with Blue Teams and security operations teams through purple team exercises and remediation activities.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert across multiple security disciplines and support investigations, training, and continuous process improvement initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in information security with a focus on offensive security, penetration testing, or Red Team operations.
• Experience conducting Red Team assessments, threat emulation exercises, and purple team engagements.
• Demonstrated experience developing proof-of-concept exploits, custom payloads, and offensive security tooling.
• Proficiency with offensive security tools and C2 frameworks such as Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Mythic, Sliver, and similar platforms.
• Experience bypassing or evaluating endpoint security controls including AV, EDR, and XDR technologies.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in one or more languages such as Python, PowerShell, C/C++, C#, Go, Perl, or Shell scripting.
• Knowledge of web application security testing and modern attack techniques.
• Experience utilizing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, network security, information security technologies, and emerging cybersecurity threats.
• Ability to identify complex vulnerabilities, develop innovative attack scenarios, and translate technical findings into actionable business risk.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts effectively to both technical and executive audiences.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.