Sr. Principal Offensive Security Engineer

Sr Principal Offensive Security Engineer - Special Ops This role has been designed as Hybrid with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office Who We Are Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work We help companies connect protect analyze and act on their data and applications wherever they live from edge to cloud so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today s complex world Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what s next We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs We make bold moves together and are a force for good If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you Open up opportunities with HPE At HPE s Cyber Defense Center we are committed to defending critical assets against ever-evolving cyber threats As we enhance our capabilities we re seeking a strategic leader who can harness their hands-on experience to help mature our First Response and Incident Command Team This role calls for someone who can drive operational effectiveness under stress in a fast-paced and cyber environment Are you ready to make an impact at one of the world s leading tech companies HPE s Cybersecurity team is where you can do just that We re looking for a dynamic and experienced offensive security expert to join our Offensive Security Special Ops team If you re passionate about shaping the future of cybersecurity by applying offensive security skills to make defense better join us This role provides advanced offensive cybersecurity expertise focusing on the planning and execution of complex Web and Cloud penetration testing engagements You will own the technical planning and delivery of penetration testing engagements from scoping and test plans through exploitation PoC development remediation verification and formal reporting You will apply a deep technical skills and offensive security experience to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in enterprise and cloud environments helping to strengthen defenses through hands-on testing and analysis This position involves driving high-impact testing projects developing new testing methodologies and tools and contributing to the organization s overall security posture by uncovering and demonstrating real-world attack paths You have deep expertise in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across web applications and cloud environments Your offensive skill set spans modern web frameworks authentication mechanisms and API ecosystems as well as cloud-native architectures in AWS Azure and GCP You are experienced in performing comprehensive security reviews of source code and conducting threat modeling to identify design-level weaknesses early in the SDLC You stay current with evolving attacker TTPs and apply that knowledge to perform realistic and high-impact penetration tests that strengthen HPE s defenses and improve the security of our products and platforms Candidates should demonstrate deep expertise in at least four domains Web Penetration Testing and three more plus practical experience in the remaining domains For the Senior Principal level we expect both strong depth in multiple domains and the ability to lead technically across multiple domains Web Penetration Testing Application Penetration Testing Cloud Penetration Testing AWS Azure and GCP Source Code Security Review Threat Modeling and SDLC Testing AI ML Systems What you ll do Web and Application Penetration Testing Performing advanced assessments of web applications APIs and authentication mechanisms to identify and exploit vulnerabilities across modern frameworks and architectures Delivering actionable findings that directly inform defensive improvements Cloud Penetration Testing Conducting offensive security assessments in AWS Azure and GCP environments Testing identity networking storage and serverless components to uncover misconfigurations and privilege escalation opportunities in multi-cloud deployments Source Code Security Review Reviewing application and infrastructure-as-code repositories to identify insecure coding patterns injection points and logic flaws Collaborating with development teams to remediate vulnerabilities early in the SDLC Threat Modeling and SDLC Security Partnering with engineering and product teams to identify potential attack vectors at the design phase Performing structured threat modeling to ensure security is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle What you need to bring Ability to take ownership of the technical planning and delivery of penetration testing engagements from scoping and test plans through exploitation PoC development remediation verification and formal reporting Proven offensive web app expertise Demonstrated experience performing advanced web and API penetration tests exploiting authentication authorization flaws business-logic issues injection classes and modern frameworks Cloud exploitation Hands-on experience testing and exploiting workloads and configurations in AWS Azure and GCP identity networking storage serverless IaC Server client platform familiarity Strong experience with common server and client platforms that host or interact with web apps Linux and Windows primary macOS experience is a plus Programming automation Strong scripting and tooling skills using Python Go or C C or equivalent to automate testing build proofs-of-concept and develop internal pentest tools Infrastructure evasion Experience deploying offensive infrastructure for engagements and evading demonstrating bypasses of network and host-based controls WAF IDS IPS EDR Source code review SDLC Experience performing secure code reviews and integrating findings into the SDLC through threat modeling developer collaboration and security-by-design recommendations Experience level education Master s degree in Cybersecurity Computer Science Information Technology or equivalent experience Minimum 9 years in cybersecurity with substantial focus on offensive security and web cloud testing Research innovation Documented history of meaningful technical research responsible disclosure tooling contributions or industry-visible findings e g novel vulnerabilities exploit techniques or defensive improvements Nice-to-have Ability to assess ML AI components integrated into web and cloud products including model endpoints inference APIs training pipelines and MLOps to identify risks from prompt injection model poisoning data leakage and adversarial examples Ability to design and automate adversarial tests and prompt-fuzzers to evaluate AI model robustness and deliver mitigation guidance to product and detection teams Credited CVE s participation in bug bounty programs security blogging publicly available quality code or tools Preferred Certifications Experience Certifications such as OSCP OSCE GPEN GWAPT CRTP OSWE or equivalents Experience with CI CD and developer pipelines security GitHub GitLab runners build agents IaC scanning Familiarity with threat emulation frameworks and MITRE ATT CK OWASP TOP 10 OWASP ASVS OWASP WSTG STRIDE and mappings for web cloud scenarios Experience authoring pentest playbooks reusable test modules or internal offensive tooling Deliverables Success Metrics Key deliverables include detailed test plans high-fidelity technical reports with PoCs remediation verification summaries reusable playbooks test modules and tooling contributions Success will be measured by the quality of findings remediation impact reduction in repeat issues and improvements to detection response coverage Additional Skills Accountability Accountability Action Planning Active Learning Active Listening Agile Methodology Bias Business Coaching Creativity Critical Thinking Cybersecurity Data Analysis Management Data Collection Management Inactive Data Controls Design Thinking Development Methodologies Empathy Follow-Through Growth Mindset Implementation Methodologies Infrastructure Design Intellectual Curiosity Inactive Long Term Planning Managing Ambiguity 4 more What We Can Offer You Health Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical financial and emotional wellbeing Personal Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are the better we all are We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs We make bold moves together and are a force for good Let s Stay Connected 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