Senior Adversary Operations Engineer
CVS Health22 hours ago
Base Salary
$83k - $222k/yr
Responsibilities
- Conduct internal and external penetration tests and exploit identified vulnerabilities.
- Develop and execute adversary emulation and purple team exercises to evaluate detection and response capabilities.
- Use and maintain penetration testing tools including Kali Linux, Metasploit, Nmap, and Burp Suite.
- Produce detailed findings reports with actionable remediation recommendations.
- Collaborate with blue teams, detection engineering, SOC, and incident response teams to improve monitoring, alerting, investigations, and response workflows.
- Develop adversary operations strategy, risk-based remediation priorities, threat-hunting use cases, and executive security reporting.
- Automate penetration testing tasks and contribute custom red teaming and offensive security tools using Python, PowerShell, and Bash.
- Provide adversary tactics insight during active incident investigations and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions for internal teams.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, red teaming, or offensive security.
- At least 3 years of experience with Kali Linux, Metasploit, Nmap, Burp Suite, or related tools.
- At least 3 years of experience with Python, PowerShell, Bash, or other scripting languages.
- At least 3 years of experience with cloud security across AWS, Azure, or GCP and with container security.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; alternatively, a high school diploma and 4 years of relevant experience.
- Preferred certifications include OSCP, OSCE, CISSP, CEH, or GPEN.
- Experience managing or participating in purple team exercises is preferred.
- Familiarity with PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and CIS is preferred.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex security issues to nontechnical stakeholders are preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time position with a 40-hour anticipated work week.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and additional well-being resources.
- Eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program in addition to base pay.
- Application window is anticipated to close on September 22, 2026.
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About CVS Health
CVS Health is a U.S. health care company that operates thousands of retail pharmacies, runs the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefits manager, and owns the Aetna health insurance business. It sells prescriptions, retail health goods, and insurance plans, and provides primary and urgent care through MinuteClinic and other services for consumers, employers, and government programs. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, it is a public company traded on the NYSE.