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Senior Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team)

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149K-224K Annually
Senior level
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Herndon, VA
149K-224K Annually
Senior level
Lead and execute hands-on red team operations simulating real-world adversaries across applications, cloud, and enterprise environments. Identify and chain high-impact vulnerabilities, perform manual exploitation and control bypasses, validate detections and response, produce actionable remediation guidance, improve tooling/automation, and mentor junior red team engineers.
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We are looking for a Senior Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team) with a strong, hands-on attacker mindset to execute advanced offensive security operations across our products, platforms, and enterprise environment. This role is highly execution-focused. You will work closely with the Red Team Director to design and carry out real-world adversary simulations, uncover high-impact attack paths, and validate how weaknesses can be chained to achieve meaningful attacker objectives. The emphasis is on real exploitation, depth and impact, not checklist-driven testing. You will play a key role in translating red team operations into actionable insights that improve prevention, detection, and response capabilities across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
  • Execute hands-on red team operations simulating real-world threat actors across applications, platforms, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise environments.
  • Identify, exploit, and chain high-impact vulnerabilities and weaknesses to achieve defined attacker goals.
  • Perform advanced offensive activities, including:
    • Manual exploitation and attack chaining
    • Abuse of identity, authorization, and trust relationships
    • Bypassing security controls and detections
  • Contribute to the design and execution of end-to-end attack campaigns under the guidance of the Red Team Director.
  • Develop a deep understanding of products and systems through the lens of adversary abuse and exploitation.
  • Collaborate closely with:
    • Detection & Response teams to test alerts, visibility, and response workflows
    • Incident Response teams during simulated incidents
    • Engineering and platform teams to explain exploitation paths and root causes
  • Produce clear, technically detailed findings that translate into actionable remediation guidance.
  • Contribute to tooling, automation, and tradecraft improvements, including collaboration with the AI-Automation team.
  • Share knowledge and mentor junior red team engineers, helping raise overall tradecraft quality.

Required Qualifications
  • Deep hands-on experience in offensive security, red teaming, or high-impact penetration testing.
  • Proven experience executing complex offensive engagements in production-like environments.
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
    • Identity and access abuse
    • Application and infrastructure attack chains
    • Cloud and hybrid enterprise attack surfaces
  • Hands-on experience with:
    • Manual exploitation and attack chaining
    • Writing custom scripts, tooling, or payloads
    • Bypassing security controls and detections
  • Ability to clearly articulate:
    • How attacks were performed
    • Why defenses failed
    • What mitigations will meaningfully reduce risk
  • Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with security and engineering teams.

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At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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