Risk Services - Red Team Consultant (Associate / Senior Associate / Assistant Manager)

Line of Service
Assurance

Industry/Sector
TMT X-Sector

Specialism
Cybersecurity & Privacy

Management Level
Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary
At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help clients build, accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com.

We are looking for an experienced offensive security professional to take on a role in delivering end-to-end Security Testing engagements ( Red   Teaming ,   Purple Teaming,   BAS , Penetration Testing ,   Cloud Security, AI Security   e tc.) while contributing to business development efforts. The ideal candidate combines strong technical   expertise   in security assessments with proven project management capabilities. This role sits within our   Technology Risk   Services   practice, where the team helps organizations analyze and strengthen the security posture of their information technology systems and environments.

Red Team consultant   should have hands-on experience in   offensive security operations   along with a   solid   understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).   This role combines offensive security   expertise   with   strong communication   skills to work closely with blue teams to strengthen monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.

- E mulate   real-world threat actors   and their behaviour through   tactics ,   techniques   and procedures (TTPs)   on clients’ environment.

- Conduct purple team exercises in collaboration with blue team to assess detections, improve logging coverage, and enhance response processes.

- Use frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK to map adversary techniques

- Work   with   PwC’s threat intelligence team to   support attack simulation/emulations operations

- Develop custom tools,   payloads   and automation scripts to support engagements where   appropriate .

- Stay updated with emerging threats, adversary tradecraft, and offensive security techniques

- Conducting vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) and source code review when   required

- Deal   with clients to address concerns,   issues   or escalations; track and drive to closure any issues that   impact   the service and its value to clients

- Develop comprehensive and   accurate   reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences

Preferred qualifications   & Requ irements :

- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (or equivalent work experience)

- 1-5   years of relevant   offensive security   experience   (depending on the grade A/SA/AM)

- Experience in consulting or client-facing cybersecurity roles

- Ability to write clear technical documentation and deliver findings to clients or internal stakeholders

- Knowledge of detection engineering,   hypothesis driven   threat hunting, and SOC workflows

- Familiarity with adversary emulation plans and intelligence-driven testing

- Experience with CI/CD security, container security, and cloud-native environments.

- Understanding of malware analysis, reverse engineering, or exploit development is a plus

- Minimally posses s OSC P / CREST CRT certificatio ns

- Candi dates with r elevant certifications such as   OSCP, OSEP, CRTO, CRTE , OSED ,   CRE ST CRT/CCT , C ARTP /CART E, Azure/AWS   security ce rtifications   are   preferred

As the team   experience   high volume of applications, we regret to   inform you   that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Bash (Programming Language), Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Communication, Creativity, Cybersecurity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Encryption, Ethical Hacking, Firewall (Network Security), Inclusion, Information Security, Information Security Management System (ISMS), Information Security Risk Assessments, Intellectual Curiosity, Intrusion Detection System (IDS), IT Infrastructure, Kali Linux, Learning Agility, Microsoft Active Directory {+ 25 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements
Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes

Government Clearance Required?
No

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