Lead Offensive Security Engineer

Summary

Join Praetorian, a cybersecurity company, and work alongside top minds in the industry. You will lead technical execution of offensive security projects, identify vulnerabilities in advanced systems, and develop custom methodologies and tools. This role requires a passion for cybersecurity, relevant certifications (like OSCP or OSWE), and 5+ years of experience in areas such as penetration testing and vulnerability research. You'll collaborate with the security community and mentor other engineers. Praetorian offers competitive salaries, equity, comprehensive health insurance, 401k matching, paid parental leave, and continuous learning opportunities.

Requirements

• Demonstrated passion for cybersecurity
• PNPT, BSCP, OSCP, or OSWE certifications
• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in at least four of the following: Product Security Testing (Application, Mobile, LLM), Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, GCP), Web Application Penetration Testing, IoT Security (Embedded, Firmware, Wireless), Secure Code Review, Reverse Engineering, Vulnerability Research/ Exploit Development
• Experience developing payloads, exploits or tools
• Understanding of threat models, attack paths and intelligence considerations within the scoping of technical projects
• Ability to write technical reports and present technical findings both internally and externally

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical execution of challenging offensive security projects for our customers
• Identify nuanced vulnerabilities in advanced systems
• Develop custom methodologies, payloads, exploits, and tools to ensure project success
• Develop documentation for novel mitigation strategies to emerging or undocumented security risks identified in client environments
• Develop comprehensive reports and presentations for our customers
• Serve as a mentor to other engineers in their technical and professional development
• Collaborate with the security community to develop novel attack techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) through Praetorian’s Security Blog and other forms of community engagement

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior security consulting experience
• Software or web application development experience in multiple languages
• Experience with cutting edge technology stacks and modern security technologies
• Advanced technical knowledge in any of the following: Exploit development beyond Windows and for MacOS X or Linux, Reverse engineering malware, data obfuscators, or ciphers, Software maturity models such as OpenSAMM, BSIMM, and SDL, Identity technologies for Azure AD, Auth0, Firebase, OKTA, or Google Identity, Secrets management such as Hashicorp Vault and cloud native KMSs, Containerization technologies such as Docker and registry platforms such as DockerHub, ACR, ECR, & GCR, Orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes and cluster management platforms such as AKS, EKS, & GKE, Command and control channel frameworks and deployment, Automotive security, ICS/SCADA, Network device security, Medical device security, Home automation security, and/or cryptocurrency wallet security, Hardware RE, software RE, firmware analysis, embedded cryptography, wireless protocols, Software-defined radio, glitching, side-channel analysis, and/or IoT PaaS and similar technologies
• Capture-the-flag, CCDC, CPTC or other security related competitions
• Ranked achievements on testing platforms such as Hack the Box, Tryhackme, Portswigger, Proving Ground and similar
• Pursuit of advanced learning opportunities via security training courses, conferences, personal projects and similar
• Track record in vulnerability research and CVE assignments
• Security community experience via presentations, conference attendance, blogs, white papers and similar
• OSCE, OSEP, OSED, CRTO, cloud certifications and similar
• Ability to travel up to 15% to support client engagements

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity Incentive Plan, offering ownership stakes in the company
• Continuous learning opportunities through our internal Learning & Development (L&D) program, including training, certifications, and conferences to support your career growth
• Recognition and rewards for speaking engagements at industry events and conferences
• Comprehensive health and dental insurance coverage
• Immediate 401(k) matching
• Paid maternity and paternity leave