Cyber Security Architect in Minneapolis, MN

• Professionals with Red Team (1^st priority)/Pen Test experience.
• Hands on experience in testing OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and SANS Top 25 vulnerabilities.
• Hands on experience in AI specific red teaming exercises in generative AI and agentic AI.

Primary Responsibilities:

Participate in the planning, design and implementation of assessments and plans

Perform full scope adversarial simulation/red team assessments

Work with the Blue Team in order to develop new and improved ways to defend the organization

Prepare reports containing attack paths, findings/vulnerability information, and mitigation options and recommendations

Present findings to various stakeholders, including the most senior leadership of the company

Provide support during ongoing assessments by writing tools and setting up infrastructure

Creating automation for specific tasks and operations

Research, investigate and evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends and best practices, and vendor solutions to be able to recommend and assess various security products

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience working in complex, diverse and global (international) environments

Adversarial mindset and critical thinking skills

Required Qualifications:

1 or more relevant information security certification(s) such as OSCP, OSCE, GPEN, GXPN etc.

6+ years total experience in information security or IT discipline

2+ years of hands-on work experience conducting red team operations

2+ years of experience with scripting, editing existing code, and general programming concepts using one or more of the following: PowerShell, JavaScript, Perl, Python, VB, bash, C/C++, C#, or Java

Understanding of AI/ML algorithms and architectures.

Experience Implementing cyber adversarial TTPs

Experience in testing and assessing cloud environments

Experience with blue team tools and methods

Knowledge of security testing standards or frameworks, such as the MITRE ATLAS Framework

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in other IT functions - system administration, software development, SOC, forensics, hunt, networking, etc.

Experience with using, administering, and troubleshooting major operating systems (Windows, Linux/UNIX)