About the Opportunity
The National Incident Response Team (NIRT), a national service provider for the Federal Reserve System (FRS), delivers national intrusion detection, incident response, security intelligence, threat assessment, and vulnerability assessment services for the FRS. NIRT’s mission is to play a role in the FRS’ efforts to protect its information systems against unauthorized use. NIRT’s Adversary Emulation team has an immediate opening for a Senior or Lead Red Team Cybersecurity Specialist (based on experience) to join their red team as a necessary participant on a variety of engagements and projects that will target and evaluate the cyber security posture of people, processes, and technology within the FRS.
As a Senior Specialist, you will report to the Sr. Manager and work on a team of security professionals focused on ensuring business line programs by performing security assessments against people, processes, and technologies by using automated tools and expertise of hands-on tools that simulate attacker tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs). You will also perform assessments for our services, infrastructure, and applications to identify weaknesses before an attacker does. You will use a variety of tools and techniques respective to red teaming and social engineering and have the opportunity to combine your technical expertise with your imagination to discover methods for ensuring that the FRS remains one step ahead of its adversaries around the world.
This is an in-office role and must report to one of our district reserve bank locations.
Some of What You Will Do
Leverage your security expertise to covertly exploit vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and weaknesses in the system to improve security posture
Lead covert offensive security assessment activities across all stages of the cyber kill chain.
Drive and reflect a learning and practice culture, including developing junior talent and knowledge-sharing across the organization.
Improve operational efficiency by evaluating and building workflow processes, automation and tooling
Envision, propose, and implement cross-team initiatives for cybersecurity improvements for recognized gaps
Perform cybersecurity and Operator duties as assigned
Qualifications:
5+ years of relevant information security related work experience in areas such as: computer network exploitation and post-exploitation
Subject matter expert of all phases of adversary emulation operations including attack planning, threat-modeling, reconnaissance, social engineering, exploitation, post-exploitation, covert techniques, lateral movement, attack infrastructure and data exfiltration
Subject matter expert of covert on-the-wire red team testing, malware/payload development, offensive security experience in cloud and on-prem environments, advanced c2 infrastructure and advanced active directory attacks
Team leader with a collaborative and consultative approach
Ability to tailor communication to various audiences ranging from technical subject matter expert partners to senior executive partners
Experience managing client relationships, including determining needs, managing expectations, and demonstrating quality results
Accomplished with scripting/programming such as Python, PowerShell, Go, or C# with the ability to create and customize tools
Discover the Reason Why So Many People Love It Here!
When you join Federal Reserve’s National IT organization, not only will you find a challenging and purposeful career, you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth, including:
Great medical benefits
Pension and 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Employee resource networks
Paid volunteer leave
Onsite amenities that make working here fun!
Other Requirements and Considerations:
Candidates should review the Bank’s Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please notify rich.recruitment@rich.frb.org.
Sponsorship is not available for this role. The selected candidate will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. The ability to obtain and maintain a National Security Clearance (Secret or Top Secret) is required for this role. US Citizenship is required to be eligible for a National Security Clearance.
Please note that this role is required to be in office at a district reserve bank location.
The national hiring range for the Senior Red Team Cybersecurity Specialist is $126,600- $174,130 annually. For candidates in certain markets (Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New York City Metro Area, Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA), the listed hiring and salary ranges may be adjusted based on your geographic location.
Salary offered will be based on the job responsibilities and the individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience as defined in the job qualifications/experience.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply by December 1, 2025.
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