Senior Penetration Tester/Red Team Operator

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As our Technology Consulting Services department continues to expand, we are seeking a Senior Penetration Tester/Red Team Operator to join our team.

This is a hybrid role (PT/RT) for someone who thinks like an adversary, learns and follows real-world threat actors, and cares about the quality and relevance of every engagement they touch.

You will lead and execute technical security assessments across a broad range of environments and dedicate a meaningful portion of your time to Research & Development (R&D), developing new tooling, novel attack techniques, and advancing your own areas of deep expertise.
This is not a checkbox testing role. Our clients engage us because they want to understand how a real attacker would operate against them. Your job is to make that simulation credible, contextual, and genuinely useful to defenders.
 

Job Description

After an initial onboarding into NTT Data methodologies and client environments, you will be expected to:

Lead and execute technical engagements, including scoping, technical security testing, analysis, reporting, and client presentations, across:

Web, Mobile, and Desktop Applications Penetration Tests

IT Infrastructure and Network environments Penetration Tests

Active Directory and hybrid identity (AD / Entra ID) Penetration Tests

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, M365) Penetration Tests

Full-spectrum Red Team and Adversary Simulation operations

Design and deliver adversary simulation, including:

Developing realistic, intelligence-led attack scenarios grounded in actual threat actor TTPs

Crafting phishing and social engineering campaigns

Bypassing modern defensive controls (EDR/XDR, MFA) using low-noise techniques

Developing or adapting custom tooling for delivery, evasion, and C2

Supporting Purple Team exercises to directly improve client detection and response capabilities

Drive Research & Development, including:

Becoming a recognised expert in one or more domains of your choosing (Active Directory, cloud-native environments, web browsers, OT/ICS, containers, hardware, etc.)

Researching and responsibly disclosing previously undiscovered vulnerabilities (0-days)

Publishing research through blog posts, whitepapers, CVEs, or conference talks

Developing novel attack techniques applicable to real-world Red Team engagements

Contribute to the business and the team, including:

Supporting pre-sales by capturing client needs and translating them into commercial proposals

Mentoring and guiding junior consultants through projects and skill development

Maintaining a broad, up-to-date knowledge base across core information security domains

Communicating complex attacker behaviour clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Here’s what we are looking for in candidates

Must have:

4-5 years of proven experience in Penetration Testing/Red Team Operations. 

Proven experience leading or delivering Red Team and/or adversary simulation engagements in complex enterprise environments

Deep understanding of Active Directory, hybrid identity, and cloud attack surfaces

Hands-on experience developing or adapting TTPs beyond what standard frameworks provide out of the box

Demonstrated ability to research abuse paths, misconfigurations, or novel vulnerabilities

Strong written and verbal communication skills, this means you can write a compelling attack narrative and present findings to a CISO without losing either audience (technical or non-technical)

Comfortable acting as a trusted technical advisor to clients and stakeholders

Strong teamwork abilities

Native proficiency in French or Dutch, with excellent verbal and written knowledge of English

Nice to have:

Experience emulating specific real-world threat actors (APT groups, ransomware operators)

Hands-on vulnerability research or PoC development leading to CVEs or public disclosure

Contributions to open-source tooling, public research, or conference presentations (DEF CON, Black Hat, BruCon, ...)

Familiarity with regulated-sector testing frameworks (TIB