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Assistant Vice President Cybersecurity - Offensive Security Lead

EXL, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, 07390

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$125,000.00/yr - $155,000.00/yr Additional compensation types

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EXL (NASDAQ:EXLS) is a leading operations management and analytics company that helps businesses enhance growth and profitability in the face of relentless competition and continuous disruption. Using our proprietary methodologies, we integrate analytics, data management, digital, BPO, consulting, industry best practices and technology platforms to help companies improve operations, insights, customer satisfaction, and risk management. EXL serves a variety of industries and has a global presence. AVP Cybersecurity — Offensive Security Lead

focuses on assessing and challenging the security posture across a comprehensive portfolio of products, services and infrastructure. The individual will utilize a variety of tools, act as a key team member and leader in testing engagements, advocate for cybersecurity best practices, and provide strong recommendations in this domain.

Conduct red team operations by serving either the red team lead or the secondary operator on engagements. As an engagement red team lead, you'll strategically plan scenario execution, orchestrate team resources and timelines, and make critical technical decisions that drive successful outcomes in complex, high-stakes environments.

Conduct offensive security engagements, including Red Team operations, threat-based evaluations, and vulnerability research and exploitation against both internal and external facing systems

Design, scope, and lead complex technical assessments, Purple Team Engagements, and other security initiatives to test attack detection and prevention effectiveness

Automate portions of assessments, scoping, or other offensive security work to inform and drive engagements

Incorporate Threat Intelligence research to track APT trends and help partners test their environments against new and emerging threats

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Incident Response, Product Security, and other security partners, to align remediation efforts and drive fixes after testing cycles

Develop and maintain relationships with internal customers to identify and facilitate solutions to increase the impact of the team's work

Influence and align the team’s strategy, and collaboratively prioritize and deliver multi-year roadmaps and projects

Leverage deep technical expertise in operating systems, network architecture, and infrastructure fundamentals to execute sophisticated attack chains and navigate complex enterprise environments during red team operations

Pioneer cutting-edge offensive security capabilities in coordination with malware and capability developers by researching, developing, and operationalizing innovative techniques and tools

Offer mentorship or coaching to team members, and share knowledge externally through blogs, webinars, or conferences

Collaborate with cross-functional teams on scoping initiatives, provide subject matter expertise in high-stakes sales presentations, and contribute strategic technical insights to marketing campaigns

Help define, document, and refine internal technical processes, service methodologies, and tactical procedures (TTPs) that standardize excellence across engagements

Perform administrative tasks related to day-to-day consulting activities to ensure smooth operations

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or Math, or equivalent experience

8+ years of adversarial simulation engagements; 10-15 years of overall relevant experience

Red Team or Penetration Testing qualifications (CCSAS, CCSAM, CRTO, OSED, OSCE) or GXPN, GPEN, OSCP, GWAPT or similar

Working knowledge of Windows, Linux and macOS internals

Extensive understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP Top 10, and other security frameworks

Expertise in Windows Active Directory exploitation and lateral movement

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), O365/Google Workspace, and container technologies (Kubernetes/Docker)

Ability to conduct cyber risk assessments using frameworks like NIST CSF, ISO 27001/2, PCI, CIS Top 20, CMMC, etc.

experience with cloud penetration testing of workloads and post-permission exploitation

Provide client recommendations to monitor and protect sensitive data and systems, including response and recovery

Familiarity with offensive tools and a deep technical understanding of offensive and defensive IT concepts

Ability to research emerging privacy technologies and contribute to open-source tools and AI privacy standards

Act as consultant and advocate for privacy best practices as part of Responsible AI

Preferred Qualifications

Strong communicator with the ability to influence engineers, developers, architects, and business leaders

Pragmatic, collaborative, and capable of operating in a fast-paced environment

Experience embedding security into developer culture and reducing risk without slowing innovation

Articulate risks, impacts, and actionable resolutions to internal stakeholders

Broad security domain knowledge with focus on AI security evaluations and areas such as Red Teaming, Purple Teaming, Vulnerability Research, and Exploitation

Master's degree in Information Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, Cyber Security, Information Assurance, or related field

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level Employment type

Full-time Job function

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