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Red Team Operator - Consultancy in London

On-site in London·Full-time·Added 7 days ago (last checked 26 Oct)

Agency
Hamilton Barnes

224 open roles

Our summary

Salary
£60,000 - £85,000 a year

About £3,780 - £4,990 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, London
Contract
Full-time

Skills

Nice to have

Hamilton Barnes is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in London.

The role

Keen to join a company that champions growth and development?

Join the world's first AI-managed IT and security platform, replacing the traditional MSP model with a single fixed-price subscription covering managed IT, defensive security, and unlimited offensive testing. Serving customers across 90+ countries with agentic AI running through every layer of operations, the UK-headquartered organization holds ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and CREST certifications.

Applications are open for a Red Team Operator to conduct realistic adversary simulations, testing how well organisations can prevent, detect, and respond to sophisticated attacks. The ideal candidate will work across varied environments, using offensive tradecraft to identify weaknesses across people, processes, and technology.

Ready to make a move? Get in touch and apply today!

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute red team engagements
  • Emulate realistic threat actor tactics and techniques
  • Conduct network, infrastructure and Active Directory attacks
  • Perform reconnaissance, initial access and privilege escalation
  • Execute lateral movement and persistence techniques
  • Develop and use offensive tooling
  • Produce technical reports and remediation recommendations
  • Present findings to technical and senior stakeholders

Skills / Must Have

  • Commercial red team or offensive security experience
  • Strong understanding of adversary tactics and techniques
  • Active Directory and Windows experience
  • Strong network and infrastructure security knowledge
  • Experience with privilege escalation and lateral movement
  • Experience with tools such as Cobalt Strike and BloodHound
  • Python, PowerShell or similar scripting experience
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Desirable Skills

  • CRTO
  • OSEP
  • CREST CRT/CCT
  • Certifications are desirable, not essential. Practical offensive security experience is the priority.

Benefits

  • Technically challenging red team engagements
  • Experienced offensive security team
  • Varied client environments
  • Opportunities for technical development
  • Exposure to advanced offensive security techniques

Salary

  • £60,000 - £85,000
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