Hampton North · 22 hours ago
Offensive Security Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$100K/yr - $130K/yr
3+ years expHampton North is seeking a skilled Security Engineer with a strong offensive security focus to join their growing security team. The role involves hands-on technical work, including penetration testing, detection engineering, and infrastructure hardening across various environments.
Staffing & Recruiting
No H1B
Hiring Manager
✨Ruby Murphy✨
Responsibilities
Perform penetration testing across cloud, infrastructure, identity, and application environments (adversary simulation, exploit pathing, misconfiguration discovery)
Build and refine detections based on real attacker behavior, leveraging threat emulation and detection-as-code patterns
Engineer security controls and hardening across IAM, endpoint, network, and cloud ecosystems
Develop Python/PowerShell tooling to support offensive workflows, automation, and testing harnesses
Conduct threat modeling and attack path analysis, then work directly with engineering partners to validate and remediate risks
Support improvements in logging, telemetry, and alerting pipelines to strengthen coverage and detection fidelity
Maintain a lab environment for experimentation with exploits, malware behavior, cloud attack patterns, and emerging TTPs
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve the overall security posture and guide secure design decisions
Qualification
Required
3+ years in security engineering, offensive security, red teaming, threat hunting, or similar hybrid security roles
Hands-on experience with attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK, privilege escalation, lateral movement, cloud attack vectors)
Strong scripting ability with Python, PowerShell, or Bash for tooling, automation, or exploit proof-of-concepts
Experience assessing or securing at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP), including discovering and validating misconfigurations
Familiarity with SIEM, vulnerability management, IAM fundamentals, endpoint detection technologies, logging/alerting pipelines, etc
Ability to translate offensive findings into actionable defensive engineering improvements
Curiosity-driven mindset: homelabs, side projects, CTFs, fuzzing, exploit tinkering, research, or open-source contributions
Strong communication skills with the ability to work across engineering, infrastructure, and leadership stakeholders
Company
Hampton North
Hampton North is a Cyber Security specialist staffing firm.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Spencer Adams
Partner & Recruiter
Stuart Mitchell
Founder and Recruiter
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