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

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

Red Team consultantshould have hands-on experience inoffensive security operationsalong with asolidunderstanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).This role combines offensive securityexpertisewithstrong communicationskills to work closely with blue teams to strengthen monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.

• Emulatereal-world threat actorsand their behaviour throughtactics,techniquesand 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 

• WorkwithPwC’s threat intelligence team tosupport attack simulation/emulations operations

• Develop custom tools,payloadsand automation scripts to support engagements whereappropriate.

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

• Conducting vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) and source code review whenrequired

• Dealwith clients to address concerns,issuesor escalations; track and drive to closure any issues thatimpactthe service and its value to clients

• Develop comprehensive andaccuratereports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences

Preferred qualifications& Requirements:

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

• 1-5years of relevantoffensive securityexperience(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 driventhreat 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 possess OSCP / CREST CRT certifications

• Candidates with relevant certifications such asOSCP, OSEP, CRTO, CRTE, OSED,CREST CRT/CCT, CARTP/CARTE, Azure/AWSsecurity certificationsarepreferred 

As the teamexperiencehigh volume of applications, we regret toinform youthat only shortlisted candidates will be notified.