Penetration Tester - Infrastructure & Red Team (Texas/Florida)

The posting, as Packetlabs wrote it

Packetlabs was built by an ethical hacker after seeing vulnerability assessments presented as penetration tests. Our sloga n "Identify Risks Before They Become Headlines" drives at the importance of not providing our clients with a false sense of security.

We are a passionate team of highly trained, proactive ethical hackers. We provide expert-level penetration testing services that are thorough and tailored to help foster a safe digital space where everyone has the right to privacy and security. Packetlabs consultants find weaknesses others overlook and continuously learn new ways to evade controls. We hold ourselves to a very high standard.

To do so, we only hire individuals with the same drive and passion.

The Ethical Hacker – Infrastructure & Red Team is responsible for planning, executing, and reporting on infrastructure penetration testing, cloud security assessments, Active Directory security assessments, and adversary simulation engagements. The role evaluates the effectiveness of client security controls by identifying, validating, and demonstrating exploitable security vulnerabilities across enterprise infrastructure using industry-recognized offensive security methodologies.

Working independently and collaboratively with other security consultants, the Ethical Hacker performs offensive security assessments across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments while contributing to red team operations, purple team exercises, and advanced security testing engagements. The role provides technical guidance to clients through detailed reporting and presentations while contributing to the continuous improvement of Packetlabs' offensive security methodologies, tooling, and service offerings.

Who we are looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Scie nce, Information Technology, or a related discipline; equivalent practical experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience performing infrastructure penetration testing, red teaming, adversary simulation, or offensive security consulting.
• Demonstrated experience conducting penetration testing across enterprise infrastructure, including Windows, Linux, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, cloud platforms, and enterprise networking.
• Experience performing internal and external network penetration testing, privilege escalation, Active Directory security assessments, and lateral movement testing.
• Experience assessing cloud environments, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking, authentication technologies, identity management, cloud security, and offensive security methodologies.
• Experience using industry-standard offensive security frameworks, tools, and tradecraft.
• Excellent technical writing, presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to communicate findings to both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Industry certifications such as OSCP, OSEP,

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inuous improvement of testing methodologies, internal tooling, technical documentation, and service offerings.

• Participate in technical research, automation initiatives, internal training, and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Collaborate with consulting teams to strengthen technical quality, consistency, and service delivery across the Offensive Security practice.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

How is success defined

• Performance in this role is evaluated using a combination of technical, operational, and client-foc used measures, including but not limited to:
• Successful delivery of infrastructure penetration testing and adversary simulation engagements within established quality, budget, and timeline expectations.
• Accuracy, completeness, and technical quality of client reports and deliverables.
• Demonstrated expertise across enterprise infrastructure, cloud security, Active Directory, and offensive security methodologies.
• Positive client feedback regarding technical expertise, communication, and professionalism.
• Contribution to technical research, methodology development, automation, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Effective collaboration with Delivery Managers, Project Managers, and consulting team members.
• Ongoing professional development through certifications, research, and technical skill advancement.

Why us?

• A leadership team that values substance, quality, and disciplined execution
• Collaboration with a highly skilled team of security professionals who are passionate about technical excellence and raising the bar
• Competitive compensation and growth opportunity
• Paid education and professional development reimbursement to support continued learning, certifications and technical growth
• Flexible work environment that empowers employees to do their best work
• Paid volunteer day each year to give back to your community
• Paid Birthday day off
• Paid U.S. public holidays
• Fully remote within Texas or Florida