Adversarial Tactics Expert

Description

About Sygnia

Sygnia is a global cyber readiness and response team that applies creative approaches and battle-tested solutions to help organizations stay secure and defeat attackers. With a team of experts in digital combat, advanced technology, and enterprise security, Sygnia enables companies to proactively build resilience and respond effectively to cyber threats.

Sygnia is a trusted advisor to technology and security teams, executives, and boards of leading organizations worldwide. The company supports clients at every stage of their security journey, combining frontline experience, data-driven insights, and technical excellence to help them be unstoppable in the face of cyber adversity.

The Role

We are looking for talented Adversarial Tactics Experts to join our remote Adversarial Tactics Division. In this role, you will partner with clients to strengthen their resilience and improve their ability to prevent, detect, and respond to real-world attacks. You will also contribute to incident response engagements, learn from active threat environments, and apply those insights to red and purple team operations.

This position is ideal for someone who thrives on understanding attacker behavior, enjoys technical problem-solving, and wants to continuously evolve their craft by working with some of the most capable defenders and responders in the industry.

What You’ll Do

• Design, plan, and execute realistic adversary simulation exercises to test client defenses.
• Conduct external and internal penetration testing engagements and identify vulnerabilities across various technologies, platforms, and infrastructures.
• Validate and enhance client detection and response capabilities through hands-on attack simulations.
• Collaborate closely with Sygnia’s incident response and threat intelligence teams to stay ahead of emerging attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Contribute to the development of new red and purple team methodologies, tools, and capabilities.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders in a clear and actionable manner.

What We’re Looking For

• At least three years of experience in penetration testing, red teaming, or adversary simulation.
• Strong understanding of attack methodologies, tools, and techniques used by modern threat actors.
• Technical expertise across multiple domains such as operating systems, networks, applications, and cloud environments.
• Deep familiarity with Active Directory attacks and defenses.
• Experience scripting or developing tools using languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, C/C++, C#, or Java.
• Curiosity and persistence to explore new technologies and uncover vulnerabilities.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable insights.
• Comfort working in fast-paced, client-facing environments and collaborating across global teams.
• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally, as needed.

Bonus Points For

• Prior consulting experience.
• Experience in application security or malware reverse engineering.
• Developing, extending, or modifying exploits, shellcode, or exploitation frameworks.
• Experience contributing to or leading purple team initiatives.

Why Sygnia

At Sygnia, you will be part of a team that thrives on challenge, creativity, and collaboration. You’ll work alongside world-class experts who share your passion for offensive security and continuous learning. Every engagement offers an opportunity to make a real impact—helping organizations strengthen their defenses, recover from attacks, and outsmart adversaries.

We operate at the intersection of technology, security, and strategy, empowering our people to grow both technically and professionally while making a difference in the global cyber landscape.