Sr Security Engineer 29892

One of the world’s most prominent derivatives marketplace is focused on seeking highly motivated individuals to help foster their corporate culture and uphold their core values with integrity.

In this role, you will be working with the most advanced trading technology and industry-leading clearing and risk management capabilities.

Come join their world-class team!

This Contract role as a Sr Security Engineer in Chicago, IL is responsible to lead red team exercises against a hybrid environment using threat intelligence and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.

Responsibilities :

• Lead red team exercises against a hybrid environment using threat intelligence and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Participate in purple team exercises that are intelligence driven to test cyber detections
• Build and maintain Red and Purple team infrastructure, automating functions where possible.
• Continually research new offensive security tactics, techniques, and procedures and communicate knowledge of the same to other team members.
• Conduct ad-hoc offensive security testing using industry standard tools and / or internally developed tools.
• Lead report creation activities including compromise narratives and detailed technical findings with appropriate risk severity ratings, tactical and strategic recommendations to reduce risk levels, peer review of team’s deliverables.
• Assist cyber defense teams during incident investigations providing subject matter expertise on attacker tradecraft and mindset.
• Interface with other information security departments, as well as other technology departments and business stakeholders to raise awareness of security issues and to provide knowledge sharing on remediation.
• Active contributor to Red and Purple Team activities for internal presentations and conference

Requirements :

Approx 8 years’ experience with industry standard Red Team testing tools (Cobalt Strike, Mythic C2, Rubeus, Bloodhound, Covenant, etc.

or the ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge.

• Expert understanding of how an Advanced Persistent Threat could compromise a financial institution without using phishing.
• Expert understanding of Red Team concepts, tools, and automation strategies.
• Expert understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Expert understanding of measuring and rating vulnerabilities based on principal characteristics of a vulnerability.
• Expert understanding of Windows and Linux system hardening concepts and techniques.
• Expert understanding of modifying payloads to bypass detections like EDR.
• Expert understanding of how to compromise a company without using phishing.
• Strong understanding with at least one scripting language (Python, Ruby, PowerShell, Bash, etc.).
• Experience with at least one cloud environment (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience attacking cloud, on-prem and / or hybrid environments from initial access all the way through actions on objective.

Nice to have :

• Previous experience of Red Team project delivery to include creation and execution of statement of work, risk mitigation strategies, and working with stakeholders to remediate findings.
• Experience of using multi operating system command and control tools.
• Experience developing custom attack tradecraft or modifying existing tools.
• Experience using automated configuration management such as Chef.
• Experience discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities in AI systems.
• Experience of conducting Offensive Security and / or Red Team exercises against macOS, iOS, or ChromeOS.
• Recognized industry certifications such as, but not limited to, GPEN, GXPN, GREM, eCPTX, eCPPT, OSCP, OSWE, CISSP, CPSA, CRT, etc.
• Knowledgeable in Industry Security standards (i.e. : TIBER-EU, CBEST, NIST Cyber Security Framework, ISO27002, etc.).
• Knowledgeable in Agile project management.

Benefits :

Solving IT, a Woman and LGBTQ+ owned and operated organization is thrilled to provide a comprehensive benefit package to all our W2 employees and their families, regardless of gender.

We are proud to offer five diverse health plan options as well as a PPO dental plan through Blue Cross Blue Shield, Term Life / AD&D Insurance, and a 401(k) Savings Plan.

Solving IT covers a portion of the health and dental premiums for our employees.

As you progress in your professional journey, Solving IT is dedicated to accommodating your evolving preferences and matching you with fulfilling projects.

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