Red Team Operator
Darkwolfsolutions · Colorado Springs, CO
About this role
**Dark Wolf** is seeking an **Elite Red Team Operator** to join our pack. In this role, you’ll serve as a high-impact, strategic catalyst for a broader **Cyber Purple Team** initiative—bridging offensive operations and defensive engineering. The team develops, tests, and maintains advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect **space-ground systems, data links, and specialized infrastructure** against complex modern threats. Unlike a standard penetration testing role, this position emphasizes **high-fidelity nation-state adversary emulation**, **capability development**, and **specialized domain exploitation** (including **RF** and **satellite communication protocols**). You’ll help harden defenses by identifying hidden vulnerabilities and delivering actionable insights to fortify critical infrastructure. **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO (flexible **hybrid** schedule) --- ## Key Responsibilities - Research, develop, and maintain custom offensive toolsets (e.g., **C2 frameworks**, **initial access payloads**, **post-exploitation modules**) - Translate threat intelligence into automated, multi-layered simulated adversarial operations for high-fidelity nation-state emulation - Architect and deploy resilient, obfuscated redirector networks and **C2 infrastructure** using covert channels to support persistence and bypass advanced **EDR/XDR/NDR** solutions - Conduct vulnerability exploitation across diverse operating systems, mission architectures, and specialized hardware (including reverse engineering embedded systems and exploiting **RF/satellite protocols**) - Provide offensive intelligence to support stress-testing and refinement of defensive countermeasures; support evaluation of **Manticore** and **Kraken** - Perform deep-dive analysis into modern defensive technologies (e.g., **AMSI, ETW, kernel-level monitoring**) to develop novel bypass techniques --- ## Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field - **6+ years** proficiency in low-level languages for tool development and memory injection (**C, C++, Go, Rust**) and scripting (**Python, PowerShell**) - Must meet **DoDM 8140 / IAWD 8570 IAT Level II** minimum requirements - Deep understanding of **Windows Internals** (PE format, API hooking, process hollowing), **Linux**, and/or **Cloud** architectures (**AWS, Azure, GCP**) from an offensive perspective - Proven experience reverse-engineering embedded/specialized systems and turning PoCs into stable, operational exploits - Deep familiarity with **MITRE ATT&CK®** and ability to emulate the full lifecycle of an **APT** - **US Citizenship** and active **Top Secret** security clearance --- ## Preferred Skills & Certifications - OSEP, CRTO, CRTL, or GXPN (or similar) - DevOps mindset: experience with **CI/CD** and **infrastructure-as-code** (e.g., **Terraform, Ansible**) to rapidly deploy/tear down environments --- ## Compensation Estimated salary range: **$155,000.00 – $180,000.00**, commensurate with experience and technical skillset. --- ## Equal Opportunity Dark Wolf is an **EEO/AA** employer (Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories). In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity, confirm US citizenship, and complete required employment eligibility verification upon hire.
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