Staff Security Engineer, Offensive Security, Level 6

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

We’re looking for a Staff Security Engineer to join our Offensive Security Team! The team specializes in designing comprehensive engagements and exercises that simulate advanced adversarial tactics, highlighting strengths in our security and privacy posture while uncovering vulnerabilities and inadequate defenses, informing the business where we need to tactically and strategically address gaps.

What you’ll do:

• Design, execute, and lead offensive security and privacy engagements, including red, purple, and orange team exercises, across corporate environments, cloud projects/accounts, internal applications, and mobile client applications. 

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of real-world threat actors, their tools, tactics, and procedures, with a propensity to target Snap, collaborating extensively with the threat intelligence team to enumerate exhaustive killchains that seed and prioritize the future engagement roadmap.

• Deliver detailed post-engagement reports that identify vulnerabilities, highlight strengths and weaknesses in our security posture, assess detection coverage, and provide actionable recommendations, including prioritized risk mitigation strategies and improvements to defensive measures.

• Implement and manage offensive security engagement infrastructure and tooling to conduct covert operations and mimic the tactics of relevant adversaries, including the development of custom implants, payloads, and exploits to thoroughly test and evaluate our defenses.

• Collaborate closely with other security and privacy teams to share insights from engagements, informing strategic roadmaps by identifying priority areas for improvement and aligning on initiatives.

• Serve as a subject matter expert and consultant to other security and privacy teams, participating in security reviews, reproducing vulnerabilities, and contributing to high-stakes incident response efforts.

• Explore novel research topics relevant to our tech stack to proactively improve our security posture and integrate lessons learned into future exercises.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proven experience in leading offensive security engagements, coordinating multiple security engineers, and managing and executing assessments to thoroughly test and evaluate security measures.

• Expert knowledge in four or more of the following: operating system internals, networking, application development, mobile client development, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and payload/implant/exploit development.

• Coding proficiency in one or more modern languages, including Java, Python, Go, etc.

• Adept at threat modeling and establishing killchains

• Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash and PowerShell to automate security tasks and improve efficiency of engagements.

• Possess an insatiable drive for learning and the ability to thrive in new, unique, and complex technical environments, with the capability to build a foundational understanding and effectively apply it within the context of engagements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field.

  • You may also provide evidence of personal security research (CVEs or blogs), public bug bounty reports, previous CTF participation, and/or code repositories on GitHub showcasing personally developed security tools

• 9+ years of experience in the field of offensive security or related security role

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