ADP is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Cyber Red Team Operator to join our Advanced Threat Emulation and Offensive Security Operations team. This critical role ensures the resilience of ADP’s general infrastructure by simulating real-world adversarial tactics to identify and remediate gaps in our security posture.
We're looking for a seasoned professional with deep technical expertise, consultative leadership, and a passion for mentoring in a mission-focused environment.
As a Senior Red Team Operator, you will lead objective-based security assessments, emulating sophisticated threat actors using real-world tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Your mission is to assess ADP’s detection, response, and prevention capabilities, helping to enhance the organization’s overall cyber resilience. You will scope engagements, conduct advanced simulations, present findings to stakeholders, and drive remediation efforts across the enterprise.
What You’ll Do
Red Team Engagements
- Lead the planning, execution, and reporting of complex Red Team operations across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
- Simulate advanced threat actors leveraging red teaming frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK;, CALDERA, custom tooling).
- Create objectives and test actions to validate controls such as EDR, proxy, DPI, and DLP.
Collaboration & Influence
- Work closely with technology and business units to integrate findings into actionable risk mitigation strategies.
- Build and maintain trusted partnerships across the organization to influence security outcomes.
- Serve as a key point of contact for engagement planning, execution, reporting, and metrics.
Team Leadership & Development
- Provide mentorship and technical coaching to junior and mid-level operators.
- Promote a culture of operational excellence, continuous learning, and collaboration.
- Support purple teaming and contribute to cybersecurity tabletop exercises as needed.
Innovation & Contribution
- Develop supporting tools, templates, and processes to improve team efficiency.
- Stay current on emerging threats, TTPs, and offensive security techniques.
- Partner with Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, and Detection Engineering teams to inform operations.
What You Bring
Technical Expertise
- Advanced offensive security experience, including custom tooling in Python and use of Cobalt Strike (BOF, Malleable C2).
- Deep knowledge of cloud security (AWS, Azure), including initial access, privilege escalation and lateral movement techniques.
- Strong understanding of OS/database security across Windows, Linux, UNIX, SQL and No-SQL databases.
Leadership & Communication
- Proven experience leading enterprise-wide cybersecurity assessments within a global organization.
- Ability to manage complex projects and deliver high-quality results under pressure.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to translate technical issues for diverse audiences.
- Strong consultative approach—balancing security rigor with business impact.
Preferred Certifications
- Required: OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional)
- Preferred: OSCE (Offensive Security Certified Expert)
- Proficiency in Red Team tools including Cobalt Strike, with experience developing Malleable C2 profiles and BOFs
Minimum Qualifications
- Proven success in red team operations, offensive security testing, and adversary emulation.
- Strong experience with threat frameworks, tools, and scripting.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, influence, and collaborate across a large enterprise.
- College degree is beneficial but not required if experience and capability are demonstrated.
You’ll Thrive at ADP Because You Can
- Collaborate boldly. Speak up, challenge ideas, and seek the best solutions as part of a high performing team.
- Deliver at scale. Make an impact by focusing on real outcomes, simplicity, and client value.
- Learn continuously. Grow alongside curious, talented peers in a supportive, agile environment.
- Act like an owner. Take initiative, solve problems, and push boundaries with confidence and humility.
- Give back. Support our communities through ADP’s Philanthropic Foundation and corporate responsibility programs.
- Drive equity. Be part of a company committed to lasting change through inclusion and equality.
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