Offensive Security Researcher

2 days ago

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Firecompass Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year

Salary: Competitive; commensurate with skills and experience

Working Days: 5 Days

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and automate exploit templates and verifiers for diverse vulnerabilities (web, Active Directory, cloud) with safe reproducibility.
  • Adapt public exploits, discover zero-day vulnerabilities, and codify attack strategies for varied environments.
  • Extend and integrate offensive security toolchains (BloodHound, Cobalt Strike, Sliver, Nuclei, ZAP, etc.) into automated pipelines.
  • Translate adversarial thinking into structured attack scenarios, pivot rules, and fallback strategies for autonomous testing frameworks.
  • Conduct cutting-edge research on emerging attack vectors by monitoring CVE releases, APT reports, and trends from communities like BlackHat, Nullcon, Defcon, and other security forums.
  • Contribute to internal research papers, PoCs, open-source tooling, and public security disclosures to enhance company recognition (Hall of Fame mentions, conference talks, CVEs).
  • Collaborate with AI, data engineering, and security research teams to provide labeled adversarial data for training models and improving threat simulations.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
  • Advanced certifications (OSCP, CPENT, OSEP, OSEE, CRTO, etc.) are highly desirable.
  • Experience in vulnerability discovery, exploit development, and writing custom security tools.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, C/C++, Assembly; Rust experience is a plus
  • Deep understanding of offensive tradecraft aligned with MITRE ATT&CK, Atomic Red Team, and threat intelligence sources.
  • Proven track record of public research contributions (CVEs, conference talks, Hall of Fame mentions, or open-source exploit projects).

Desired Skills:

  • Offensive Security Expertise: Red teaming, penetration testing, and adversarial simulation across complex infrastructures
  • Exploit Development & Automation: Ability to chain, mutate, and verify exploits safely.
  • Toolchain Integration: Hands-on experience with BloodHound, Cobalt Strike, Sliver, Nuclei, ZAP, and related frameworks.
  • AI & Security Collaboration: Skilled at generating adversarial data to enable AI/ML research for security automation.

Success Metrics / Impact:

  • Delivery of production-ready exploit templates and automated verification pipelines.
  • Codification of pivot strategies and adversarial scenarios that improve autonomous attack fidelity.
  • Contributions to toolchain R&D, internal/external PoCs, and public disclosures.
  • Recognition in the cybersecurity community via publications, CVEs, and conference presentations.

Perks & Benefits:

  • Work on zero-day research and cutting-edge offensive automation.
  • Access to global security conferences (Payatu, Nullcon, etc.) and professional development programs.
  • Collaborative, innovation-driven environment.

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