Job Description :

As a Senior Manager of the Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) Team, you will lead an elite squad of highly technical security researchers and penetration testers. In the high-stakes environment of a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), this team is the frontline of defence and offense for our global clients.

You will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of advanced security assessments, ranging from automated attack surface discovery to manual "Red Team" operations. This is a leadership role that requires technical depth, as you will guide experts in breaking into some of the most complex environments in the world to ensure they are unshakeable.

Key Responsibilities :

- Team Leadership : Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performance team of technical specialists. Foster a culture of continuous research, curiosity, and ethical hacking excellence.

- Full-Spectrum Assessments : Oversee the execution of comprehensive security evaluations, both internally and externally for our client portfolio :

1. Application Security : DAST, SAST, SCA, both Black Box and Grey Box and deep-dive API security testing.

2. Offensive Operations : Red Teaming, Adversarial Simulations, and Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS).

3. Vulnerability Management : Advanced VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing).

4. Defensive Validation & Resiliency Testing : Ransomware Resiliency testing to ensure clients can withstand and recover from modern extortion tactics.

- Attack Surface Discovery : Direct the continuous mapping of known and unknown digital assets to identify shadow IT and exposed entry points.

- Service Innovation : Develop and refine the MSSP service catalogue. Identify emerging threats and translate them into new testing methodologies and cybersecurity services.

- Stakeholder Management : Act as the technical authority during high-level client briefings, translating complex technical findings into actionable executive risk reports.

Technical Requirements :

- Experience : 10+ years in Offensive Security, with at least 3 - 5 years in a formal leadership/management role.

- Expertise : Deep technical mastery of the "Attacker Mindset." You should be comfortable discussing advanced exploitation techniques, CI/CD pipeline vulnerabilities, and hybrid or cloud-native lateral movement in the same breath.

- Tooling & Frameworks : Proficiency in modern toolkits (Burp Suite, Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, etc.).

- Expertise in BAS platforms and Attack Surface Management (ASM) tools.

- Experience with Cloud Security (AWS/Azure/GCP) and container security (Docker/K8s).

- Firm grasp of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

- Certifications : Preferred : OSCE, OSEP, GXPN, or CISSP/CCSP/CISM.

Required Development & Automation Skills :

- Security Tooling Development : Proficiency in Python or Go (Golang) to build custom scanners, exploit wrappers, and automation scripts.

- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Solid understanding of Terraform or Ansible to rapidly spin up (and tear down) complex "range" environments for Red Team simulations and Ransomware Resiliency testing.

- Dev-Sec-Ops & CI/CD Integration : Deep knowledge of how to integrate SAST/DAST/SCA tools directly into GitLab, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins pipelines without breaking the developer workflow.

- API Mastery : Advanced ability to interact with, test, and develop against RESTful and Graph-QL APIs. This includes writing custom scripts to automate mass API vulnerability discovery.

- Cloud-Native Development : Familiarity with Serverless (AWS Lambda/Azure Functions) and Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) to identify and exploit misconfigurations in modern microservices architectures.

- Exploit Development Basics : Understanding of low-level languages like C/C++ or Rust to oversee the team when they are performing deep-dive binary analysis or bypass research.

- Data Engineering for Security : Ability to work with SQL/NoSQL and ELK stacks (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to aggregate and analyse the massive amounts of data generated during Attack Surface Discovery.

Soft Skills & Leadership :

- Candor & Clarity : The ability to give direct, constructive feedback to a highly technical team while maintaining high morale.

- Strategic Vision : Moving beyond "finding bugs" to helping clients build long-term Resilience Frameworks.

- Technical Depth : You must be able to "speak the language" of highly technical researchers to earn their respect and provide valid guidance.

- Pressure Management : Thriving in the fast-paced, 24/7 nature of an MSSP.