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Red Team Security Engineer with Security Clearance

acuCyberNorth Charleston, SC🇺🇸United StatesPosted 13 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Red Team Security Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity to hone your offensive security skills in a hybrid environment, contributing to critical cybersecurity testing and operations. You'll thrive here if you possess a Top Secret clearance and a passion for mimicking threat behavior, automating security processes, and performing in-depth penetration tests across various environments. Apply today to join a leading cybersecurity firm and advance your career in a dynamic and impactful field.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Employee
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
North Charleston, SC, United States
Posted
5 weeks ago
SOAPAWSSAMLLDAPPenetration TestingPowerShell

Job Description

Job Description acuCyber is is hiring a Red Team Security Engineer to work in North Charleston, SC. The candidate must have an active Top Secret clearance.

Required Skills The ideal candidate will

  • Provide Cybersecurity Test and Evaluation Support. This effort covers all aspects of Cyber testing to include beginning with planning requirements and concluding providing reports and recommended solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience with penetration testing tools and mimicking threat behavior.
  • Provide support by utilizing experience in automation using Powershell, PowerAutomate, Logic Apps, Graph API.
  • Provide support by utilizing experience conducting Red Team operations in an MDE environment.
  • Provide support by utilizing experience with AWS, Cloud Audit, Serverless and Microservice Architecture.
  • Provide support utilizing experience working with AWS services (such as EC2, S3, KMS, RDS) and security best practices relevant to those services.
  • Provide support by performing web application and API penetration testing, and Cloud Security Audits.
  • Provide support by utilizing experience with Web Services penetration testing (RESTful and SOAP) Web Authentication protocols (e.g. OAuth2, SAML, LDAP).
  • Providing support by writing proof of concept code to demonstrate the severity of a potential security issues.
  • Candidate must have an active Top Secret security clearance.
  • In addition to an accredited bachelor's degree within a relevant area, the candidate must have a minimum of 3 years of experience.
  • SPECIALIZED experience in Red Teaming, Computer Network Attack (CNA), Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), Computer Network Defense (CND), and/or penetration testing.
  • DoD 8140 Certification(s), ideally focused in red teaming/penetration testing.

Desired Skills Ideal candidates will possess or be in pursuit of at least one of the following certification(s):

  • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
  • Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE)
  • Offensive Security Exploitation Expert (OSEE)
  • Offensive Security Exploit Developer (OSED)
  • Offensive Security Experienced Pentester (OSEP)
  • Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP)
  • Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE)
  • Hack The Box Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (HTB CPTS)
  • Hack The Box Certified Bug Bounty Hunter (HTB CBBH)
  • Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO) from Zero Point Security
  • Certified Red Team Lead (CRTL) from Zero Point Security
  • Practical Network Penetration Tester (PNPT)
  • GIAC Red Team Professional (GRTP)
  • GIAC Experienced Penetration Tester (GX-PT)
  • GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN)

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