Senior Red Team Operator

Overview

Intelligent Waves, delivering innovative technology solutions to enable a more secure nation, has a need for a Red Team Operator – Senior Level to support a critical Federal customer. The Senior Red Team Operator will provide contractor services for a U.S. Courts contract. This is a hybrid position—80% remote—reporting once weekly to an office next door to Union Station in Washington, DC.

IW reimburses 100% of commuting expenses for parking, MARC, VRE, or Metro.

Location & Travel: National Capital Region (NCR) - Hybrid (80% remote). Travel up to 10%, reimbursed per IW policy, GSA Per Diem, and DoD JTR.

Clearance Requirement: United States Citizen with ability to obtain and hold a Public Trust clearance.
Office Requirement: Report to office near Union Station, Washington D.C. (one day per work week).

Intelligent Waves delivers mission-focused multi-domain operational expertise and innovation to the Government through high-impact technology solutions in cybersecurity, data science, enterprise network & systems engineering, software development, and cognitive human performance.

ANYTIME. ANYWHERE. ANY DOMAIN.

Since 2006, we have proudly served federal agencies including the Department of Defense. Our ability to operate globally in a wide range of environments, coupled with our deep understanding of customer needs and requirements, enables us to provide cost-effective solutions to support the most complex missions. Adherence to all customer site protocols is mandatory for employees.

• Conduct red team exercises against production IT systems, facilities, and personnel belonging to the AO and the Courts.
• Develop and conduct spear phishing campaigns to gain internal network access.
• Conduct exploitation of external-facing assets to gain internal network access.
• Conduct post-exploitation actions toward exercise objectives.
• Conduct on-site physical penetration assessments at various federal courthouses and other Court locations to obtain internal network access.
• Use custom code and/or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) exploitation frameworks to bypass and penetrate network and system defenses.
• Comply with unique rules of engagement (ROE) for each exercise, along with standard operating procedures (SOP) for Red Team operations.
• Employ red team tradecraft while conducting exercises.

• Minimum 6 years direct, hands-on technical red team and/or government computer network exploitation/attack operations experience.
• Minimum 2 years technical red team leadership experience (non-overlapping).
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience modifying and customizing red teaming software frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Kali, etc.).
• Minimum 2 years independently conducting every phase of a red team exercise without supervision.
• Minimum 2 years developing payloads that bypass A/V and EDR solutions.
• Minimum 2 years mentoring junior and mid-level operators on red team tradecraft and advanced knowledge.
• Minimum 2 years delivering technical red team reports and briefings.
• CRTO certification required within 90 days of start date.

• Ability to independently conduct all phases of a red team exercise without supervision.
• Experience developing custom payloads that bypass modern detection systems.
• Ability to mentor junior and mid-level red team operators effectively.
• Experience delivering both technical and executive-level red team briefings.
• Experience with Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), including integrating results into developer workflows is preferred.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 & SANS Top 25 vulnerabilities, with ability to exploit/remediate is preferred.
• Experience with application security testing for web, mobile, and API endpoints is preferred.
• OSCE, OSEE, GXPN, CRTO certifications preferred but not required.

Intelligent Waves offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid PTO, life and disability insurance. We invest in our employees’ futures by contributing with vesting starting from DAY 1, technical training, tuition bonuses, and much more.

Clearance Statement: Applicants selected for this position will be…