Cybersecurity Analyst SME (Red Team Lead)

Responsibilities & Qualifications

This role functions as a technical expert who provides tactical planning, team management, threat emulation, and stakeholder communication, within a fast paced technical and cybersecurity proactive and reactive environment.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Operational Planning and Strategy
  • Develop and lead Red Team strategies that align with the government customer’s cybersecurity objectives and priorities.
  • Create and execute objective-based, time-constrained scenarios that accurately emulate advanced external and internal threats.
  • Tailor each operation to reflect realistic threat profiles, including advanced persistent threats (APTs) and insider threats, and incorporate the government customer-specific requirements.
• Threat Emulation and Attack Simulation
  • Assist the design and deployment of offensive tools and techniques, including social engineering, security monitoring evasion, and custom tools for network exploitation.
  • Ensure operations are conducted in a manner that mimics both known and emerging threats to test security readiness effectively.
  • Regularly update attack techniques to emulate the latest cyber adversaries and align with real-world tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
  • Develop and enforce guidelines and rules of engagement tailored to each operation, balancing realism with safety to avoid system disruptions.
• Collaboration and Cross-Functional Coordination
  • Partner with the Blue and Purple Teams to enhance detection, prevention, and response capabilities.
  • Work closely with federal management and system owners to ensure Red Team activities provide actionable insights to improve defensive posture.
  • Lead collaboration sessions for knowledge transfer, sharing threat insights and discussing findings with other areas.
• Tool Development and Customization
  • Assist with the assessment of existing tools and techniques for efficacy, and advise on innovative solutions that will allow the government customer to stay ahead of defensive capabilities.
• Team Development
  • Support Red team members in operational best practices, ethical hacking principles, and advanced offensive tactics.
  • Promote a culture of continuous learning, encouraging team members to stay current on cybersecurity trends and developments in threat actor TTPs.
• Reporting and Communication
  • Communicate findings, outcomes, and insights from Red Team operations to the government customer leadership, translating technical results into actionable recommendations.
  • Create detailed post-operation reports outlining vulnerabilities discovered, attack paths utilized, and security gaps for system owners and leadership.
  • Prepare and present high-level summaries to executive leadership to demonstrate the security posture and readiness for real-world threats.
• Continuous Improvement and Innovation
  • Regularly review and refine Red Team operations to adapt to evolving threat landscapes, enhancing realism and effectiveness.
  • Incorporate feedback from previous engagements to improve attack simulations, detection capabilities, and overall operational efficiency.
  • Stay informed about the latest cyber threats and trends to keep Red Team methodologies cutting-edge and aligned with adversary tactics.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Top Secret Clearance Required
• Experience: At least 14+ years of experience with at least 6 years in a management capacity or equivalent experience
• Certifications preferred include:
  • CISSP
  • CISM
  • CISA
  • SANS GIAC certification (e.g., GPEN or GW APT)
  • OSCP
  • CEH

Overview

We are seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst SME (Red Team Lead) to join our team supporting a government customer.

TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

TekSynap offers our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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