Red Team Operator

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Job Title: Red Team Operator 

Location: London Cannon Street 

Employment Type: Full-time. 

The Job 

You’ll be part of Aveva’s Red Team, assisting the security manager in all manner of engagements and operations.  Whether it be executing full spectrum attack simulations, or conducting research to identify novel attack paths and trends of adversary tactics, malware and targeting.  You will also automate attack techniques, creating custom tooling for specific operations and contributing to general purpose open-source tools. 

Key responsibilities  

• Assist Red Team Security Manager to perform Red Team engagements and operation. 

• Assist Red Team Security Manager to execute full-spectrum attack simulations (technology, social, physical). 

• Perform research to identify novel attack paths for ongoing and future Red Team engagements. 

• Research trends with regards to adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, targeting, malware development and implementation. 

• Support Red Team Security Manager with network/infrastructure design and maintenance for Red Team engagements. 

• Assist with automation of infrastructure and tool development. 

• Participate in ongoing interactive Purple teaming activities through use of tools and manual testing. 

• Support Red Team Security Manager to automate attack techniques, creating custom tooling for specific operations and contributing to general-purpose open-source tools. 

• Write detailed reports covering the goals and outcomes of Red Team operations, including significant observations and recommendations. 

Essential requirements 

• Offensive security experience and mindset: creating red teaming attack scenarios, weakest entry point, creative approach, multiple methods testing, stealthy approach, pivoting, social engineering, phishing and physical security and anything involving the human element. 

• Experience with various technologies and comfortable to picking up more (OS / tools / development languages / online technologies etc.) 

• Ability to stay on top of the fast-changing mindset of red teaming TTPs and tools that go with it to offer successful red team services. 

• Understand the defensive side, blue team, Security Operations Center (SOC), and security monitoring and response (SIEM, IDS/IPS etc), as well as EDR (e.g., for bypasses), overall monitoring, detection and indicators of compromise, and creating effective red team activities to test these (e.g., developing / using malware, pivoting, escalating privileges, staying stealthy etc). 

Desired skills and competencies 

• Familiarity with cloud computing environments such as Microsoft Azure and AWS. 

• Experience using scripting, automation, and API’s with languages such as Powershell, YML, Json and Python is an advantage 

• Knowledge and understanding of information risk concepts and principles, as a means of relating business needs to security controls. 

• Experience exploiting vulnerabilities in at least two of the following areas:   

• Web applications  

• Cloud environments (Azure / GCP / AWS)  

• Linux and/or MacOS workstations  

• Software supply chain  

• Mobile Applications  

• Network environments  

• API   

UK Benefits include:   

Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program. 

It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive. 

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/ 

Hybrid working 

By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote. 

Hiring process 

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process. 

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process 

About AVEVA 

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably. 

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/ 

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/ 

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check.  Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria. 

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.  AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

UK Benefits include:  

Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.

It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/

Hybrid working

By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.

Hiring process

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check.  Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.  AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.