Intermediate Red Team Operator

Company: Intelligent Waves LLC
Location: Washington
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

OverviewIntelligent Waves delivers innovative technology solutions to enable a more secure nation and has a need for a Red Team Operator - Mid-Level to support a critical DOJ customer. The Red Team Operator will provide contractor services for a U.S. Courts contract.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.ALWAYS READY. 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.Location: This Intermediate Red Team Operator is based in the National Capital Region (NCR).Travel: Ability to travel up to 10% of the time and will be reimbursed based on IW policy, GSA Per Diem rates, and DoD Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) as required.Security Clearance: This Intermediate Red Team Operator must be a United States Citizen and be able to obtain and hold a Public Trust clearance.Adherence to all customer site protocols is mandatory for employees.Responsibilities

• 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 towards exercise objectives.
• Conduct on-site physical penetration assessments at various federal courthouses and other Court locations in order to obtain access to the internal network.
• Use custom code and/or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) exploitation frameworks to bypass and penetrate network and system defenses.
• Comply with the unique rules of engagement (ROE) that will be provided for each exercise along with the standard operating procedures (SOP) for overall Red Team operations.
• Employ red team tradecraft while conducting exercises.Qualifications
  • Minimum 4 years of direct, hands-on technical red team and/or government computer network exploitation/tack operations experience.
  • Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience with using penetration testing and red teaming software frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Kali, etc.) in a production environment.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience with network technologies and protocols (OSI model, routing, building, and troubleshooting networks, etc.).
  • Minimum 4 years of experience with "living off the land" TTPs and investigation thereof.
  • Ability to secure, configure, deploy, and troubleshoot popular operating systems (Windows, major *nix flavors, MacOS).
  • Minimum 4 years of experience in scripting and programming languages (Bash, C#, Ruby, Perl, Python, PHP, etc.).
  • Minimum 4 years of social engineering and physical security penetration testing experience.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience writing cybersecurity assessment reports.
  • CRTO certification (or ability to obtain CRTO within 3 months of onboarding) required.
  • OSCP and/or GPEN certifications are preferred, but not required.EEO StatementSince 2006, Intelligent Waves has remained committed to providing quality engineering, operations, and intelligence solutions to our clients. Intelligent Waves provides a generous benefits package including medical, dental and vision, paid PTO, life & disability packages. We also invest in our employees' futures by contributing with vesting starting from DAY 1, technical training, tuition bonuses, and much more.Clearance StatementApplicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, Intelligent Waves will consider only applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances.Intelligent Waves LLC is an equal opportunity employer.As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, IW is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates and current employees. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact .A Veteran Friendly Organization#IW#CJ
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