Offensive Security Engineer

at  Splunk

Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it’s our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.
Role Summary
We are looking for a smart, passionate, and experienced Penetration Tester with a broad range of experience working in dynamic enterprise environments. Do you want to utilize your hard-won offensive security experience to drive security posture improvements across our organization? As a Penetration Tester, you will do that and more!
The Penetration Tester reports to the Sr. Manager of Penetration Testing. This role will be responsible for performing penetration testing, red team assessments, and adversary emulation. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in the following areas: network, web application, and cloud-centric penetration testing. Ability to influence change across functions and apply critical thinking skills are key success factors. Exceptional technical, communication and negotiation skills are necessary for this role, as you will need to provide technical guidance to junior pen testers, perform advanced technical assessments, translate highly technical concepts into business impact and make remediation recommendations.
What you’ll get to do
Prioritize, lead, and perform advanced penetration testing for network, web applications, business application, and cloud infrastructure.
Guide the team in the development of technical frameworks, tools and execution of pen tests
Conduct red team assessments and adversary emulation engagements
Coordinate and execute “Purple teaming” exercises in collaboration with the Security Operations team
Collaborate with 3rd parties including consulting firms and security researchers on coordinating assessments, validating vulnerability reports/findings and influencing remediation
Build processes to coordinate pentests and establish remediation cadence cross-functions
Be a standout colleague who enjoys collaborating with, learning from, mentoring, and teaching other team members to create a positive work environment
Foster a collaborative environment across a remote team
Must-have Qualifications
At least 5 years experience in an IT or security function, with at least 3 years of hands-on experience in a penetration testing role
Experience with Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting language
Experience using industry standard offensive security tools
You have proven experience pen testing in web applications, network, wifi and cloud computing solution (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes)
You have a proficiency with enterprise operating systems, including Linux and Windows
You have practical experience with assessing encryption, IAM systems, VPN and authentication technologies
You have extensive knowledge of TCP/IP networking and packet analysis
You pride yourself on your proven attention to detail
Excellent, efficient problem-solving skills
Strong familiarity with at least one of the following: OWASP Top 10, PTES, or NSA Vulnerability and Penetration Testing Standards
Experience facilitating penetration testing efforts in one or more of the following Compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, PCI, SOCII, HIPAA)
Nice-to-have Qualifications
We’ve taken special care to separate the must-have qualifications from the nice-to-haves. “Nice-to-have” means just that: Nice. To. Have. So, don’t worry if you can’t check off every box. We’re not hiring a list of bullet points–we’re interested in the whole you.
You have professional-level certifications (OSCP, GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN)
Experience with higher-level programming languages (C, C++, etc.)
Experience with API penetration testing
Experience with containerization offensive techniques
Exploit development, vulnerability research, bug bounty submissions

Please refer the Job description for details