**Overview** **Red Team Operator - Senior Level** **🌎 Location & Travel: National Capital Region (NCR) - Hybrid (80% remote)** **✈️ Travel: Up to 10%, reimbursed per IW policy, GSA Per Diem, and DoD JTR** **🛡️ Clearance Requirement:** **United States Citizen with ability to obtain and hold a Public Trust clearance** 🏢 **Office Requirement: Report to office near Union Station, Washington D.C. (one day per work week)** Intelligent Waves, delivering innovative technology solutions to enable a more secure nation, has a need for a **Red Team Operator – Senior Level** to support a critical DOJ customer. The Senior Red Team Operator will provide contractor services for a U.S. Courts contract. This is a hybrid position—80% remote—reporting once weekly to an office next door to Union Station in Washington, DC. **IW reimburses 100% of commuting expenses for parking, MARC, VRE, or Metro.** Intelligent Waves delivers mission-focused multi-domain operational expertise and innovation to the Government through high-impact technology solutions in cybersecurity, data science, enterprise network & systems engineering, software development, and cognitive human performance. **_ANYTIME. ANYWHERE. ANY DOMAIN._** Since 2006, we have proudly served federal agencies including the Department of Defense. Our ability to operate globally in a wide range of environments, coupled with our deep understanding of customer needs and requirements, enables us to provide cost-effective solutions to support the most complex missions. **Adherence to all customer site protocols is mandatory for employees.** **This is a future need requisition** **Responsibilities** + Conduct red team exercises against production IT systems, facilities, and personnel belonging to the AO and the Courts. + Develop and conduct spear phishing campaigns to gain internal network access. + Conduct exploitation of external-facing assets to gain internal network access. + Conduct post-exploitation actions toward exercise objectives. + Conduct on-site physical penetration assessments at various federal courthouses and other Court locations to obtain internal network access. + Use custom code and/or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) exploitation frameworks to bypass and penetrate network and system defenses. + Comply with unique rules of engagement (ROE) for each exercise, along with standard operating procedures (SOP) for Red Team operations. + Employ red team tradecraft while conducting exercises. **Qualifications** + Minimum 6 years direct, hands-on technical red team and/or government computer network exploitation/attack operations experience. + Minimum 2 years technical red team leadership experience (non-overlapping). + Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience modifying and customizing red teaming software frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Kali, etc.). + Minimum 2 years independently conducting every phase of a red team exercise without supervision. + Minimum 2 years developing payloads that bypass A/V and EDR solutions. + Minimum 2 years mentoring junior and mid-level operators on red team tradecraft and advanced knowledge. + Minimum 2 years delivering technical red team reports and briefings. + CRTO certification required within 90 days of start date. **Additional Qualifications** + Ability to independently conduct all phases of a red team exercise without supervision. + Experience developing custom payloads that bypass modern detection systems. + Ability to mentor junior and mid-level red team operators effectively. + Experience delivering both technical and executive-level red team briefings. + OSCE, OSEE, GXPN, CRTO certifications preferred but not required. **Benefits** Intelligent Waves offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid PTO, life and disability insurance. We invest in our employees’ futures by contributing with vesting starting from DAY 1, technical training, tuition bonuses, and much more. **Clearance Statement** Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, Intelligent Waves will consider only applicants with current security clearances or those eligible to obtain one. **Equal Employment Opportunity** Intelligent Waves LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law. As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Intelligent Waves is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates and employees. If you need reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process, or to perform essential job functions, please contact humanresources@intelligentwaves.com . **A Veteran-Friendly Organization** **\#IW** **\#CJ** Connect With Us! (https://apply-intelligentwaves.icims.com/jobs/4315/senior-red-team-operator/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in\_iframe=1&hashed=-1834473947) **Job Locations** _US-DC-Washington_ **Job ID** _2025-4315_ **Category** _Cybersecurity_ **Employment Type** _Regular Full-Time_ **Travel** _10%_ **Contract Status** _Pending Award_ **Remote** _Hybrid (work from home with ability to report on-site)_