AI Red Team Operator - Remote or Hybrid in MN or DC

Optum / UnitedHealth Group
Eden Prairie, MN / Remote / Washington, D.C.

About the job

UHG is seeking a solid information security professional to join our red team. This role will design and deliver realistic adversarial cyberattacks that will not only test the effectiveness of the security stack but will improve the company's ability to detect and respond to these types of attacks.

Responsibilities

Participate in the planning, design and implementation of assessments and plans

Perform full scope adversarial simulation/red team assessments

Work with the Blue Team in order to develop new and improved ways to defend the organization

Prepare reports containing attack paths, findings/vulnerability information, and mitigation options and recommendations

Present findings to various stakeholders, including the most senior leadership of the company

Provide support during ongoing assessments by writing tools and setting up infrastructure

Creating automation for specific tasks and operations

Research, investigate and evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends and best practices, and vendor solutions to be able to recommend and assess various security products

Qualifications

Minimum

High School Diploma/GED (or higher)

One or more relevant information security certification(s) such as OSCP, OSCE, GPEN, GXPN, etc

2+ years of experience in information security or Cyber Security

1+ years of hands-on work experience conducting offensive security operations

1+ years of experience with scripting, editing existing code, and general programming concepts using one or more of the following: PowerShell, JavaScript, Perl, Python, VB, bash, C/C++, C#, or Java

Intermediate level of knowledge with security testing standards or frameworks, such as the MITRE ATLAS Framework

Intermediate level of knowledge with implementing cyber adversarial TTPs

Intermediate level of experience with AI Security and AI Red Team testing methods

Preferred

Experience in other IT functions - system administration, software development, SOC, forensics, hunting, networking, etc

Experience with using, administering, and troubleshooting major operating systems (Windows, Linux/UNIX)

Experience in testing and assessing cloud environments

Experience with blue team tools and methods