Executive Principal Consultant - Red Team
We are seeking an Executive Principal Consultant – Red Team to lead complex cybersecurity assessments and advise senior stakeholders on organisational resilience. This is a senior-level opportunity for an accomplished security professional who can combine technical depth, strategic thinking and strong client engagement skills. You will be responsible for shaping and delivering sophisticated red team engagements that test people, processes, technology and physical controls across a range of environments.
Your responsibilities will include defining engagement objectives and rules of engagement, developing realistic attack scenarios, leading end-to-end operations and coordinating multidisciplinary teams. You will oversee reconnaissance, threat emulation, social engineering, physical security testing, adversary simulation and post-exploitation activities, while ensuring all work is conducted safely, ethically and in accordance with agreed standards. You will interpret technical findings in a business context, identify systemic weaknesses, produce high-quality reports and present clear, actionable recommendations to executive and technical audiences. You will also contribute to service development, mentor consultants, support proposals and help evolve methodologies, tooling and quality practices.
Applicants should have extensive experience delivering red team, penetration testing or adversary simulation engagements, with a proven record of operating at principal or equivalent level. Strong knowledge of common attack frameworks, offensive security techniques, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, identity systems, network security and application technologies is required. Relevant professional certifications are desirable, alongside demonstrable experience managing client relationships, scoping complex work and leading teams through high-pressure assignments. You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound commercial awareness and the ability to make balanced decisions where technical, operational and ethical considerations intersect. A collaborative mindset, curiosity and commitment to continuous professional development are essential. The role may involve travel, security screening and work across varied client environments.
Executive Principal Consultant - Red Team
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