The Threat Management Red Team Lead is a cybersecurity leader responsible for
defining, building, and leading the enterprise adversary emulation program. This
role establishes strategy aligned to business risk and threat intelligence while
overseeing execution of complex, end-to-end attack simulations across the
enterprise.
The Red Team Lead ensures the organization’s security controls are effectively
validated against realistic threat scenarios and drives measurable improvements
in detection and response capabilities. This role requires a blend of deep
technical expertise, program leadership, and strong cross-functional
coordination across SOC, Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, and
Application Security.
This role reports directly to the Senior Manager – Threat Management
RESPONSIBILITIES
Define and lead the enterprise adversary simulation strategy aligned to
business risk, threat intelligence, and emerging threats.
Build, mature, and continuously improve the Red Team program, including
methodologies, tooling, and engagement frameworks.
Oversee planning and execution of complex attack scenarios across enterprise
environments, ensuring realistic end-to-end adversary simulation.
Validate effectiveness of preventive, detective, and response controls
through full attack chain execution.
Drive cross-team collaboration with SOC, Threat Intelligence, Detection
Engineering, Application Security, and Security Champions to remediate gaps.
Lead purple team exercises to strengthen detection and response
capabilities.
Ensure findings are tracked, prioritized by risk, remediated, and retested
for validation.
Translate threat intelligence and business risk into prioritized adversary
scenarios.
Deliver clear, risk-based reporting and metrics to leadership, highlighting
control gaps and improvement areas.
Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure program
effectiveness and security posture improvements.
Oversee selection, implementation, and operation of red team tooling and
infrastructure.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Red Team operators.
Establish standards for tradecraft, documentation, and operational rigor.
Continuously evaluate and integrate new tools, techniques, and adversary
tradecraft.
This is a remote position.
This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in
the future, including conversion to H1-B visa. Must be legally authorized to
work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment
work visa status now or in the future.
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and
proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be
supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review
of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and
reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff,
employees, and business relationships.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience
Required:
Bachelor’s Degree (or foreign equivalent) or in lieu of a degree, at least 12
years in experience in the field of Information Technology or Business (work
experience or a combination of education and work experience in the field of
Information Technology or Business)
Relevant certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, CRTO, GXPN, GPEN, CISSP or
similar are preferred.
8+ years IT/Cybersecurity experience.
Proven experience leading or building a Red Team or adversary simulation
program.
Strong expertise in adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and
frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
Extensive experience planning and executing advanced red team operations in
enterprise environments.
Experience coordinating across multiple security disciplines including SOC,
Detection Engineering, and Incident Response.
Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture including identity,
endpoints, networks, and cloud platforms.
Experience with full attack lifecycle including social engineering, lateral
movement, persistence, and ransomware scenarios.
Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical findings
into business risk.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company
sponsorship
Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
Preferred:
Experience with command-and-control frameworks (e.g., Sliver, Cobalt Strike,
Mythic, or similar).
Familiarity with identity and Active Directory attack tooling (e.g.,
BloodHound, Impacket, Mimikatz).
Experience with cloud attack techniques and platforms.
Experience building and managing red team infrastructure and tooling
ecosystems.
Exposure to adversary emulation validation platforms (e.g., SafeBreach).
Experience leading purple team or detection validation exercises.
At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring
and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make
the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent
and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our
business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its
stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people.
Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you
in:
Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and
well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your
contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader
communities
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range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care,
from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general
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and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range.
The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors
considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and
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