Senior Red Team Operator at Intelligent Waves, LLC – Washington, District of Columbia

Intelligent Waves, LLC
Senior Red Team Operator

US-DC-Washington

Job ID: 2026-4377
Type: Regular Full-Time
Category: Cybersecurity
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

Overview

Intelligent Waves, delivering innovative technology solutions to enable a more secure nation, has a need for a Senior Red Team Operator to support a critical Federal customer. The Senior Red Team Operator will provide contractor services for a U.S. Courts contract. This is a hybrid position—80% remote—reporting once weekly to an office next door to Union Station in Washington, DC. IW reimburses 100% of commuting expenses for parking, MARC, VRE, or Metro.

Intelligent Waves delivers mission-focused multi-domain operational expertise and innovation to the Government through high-impact technology solutions in cybersecurity, data science, enterprise network & systems engineering, software development, and cognitive human performance.

ANYTIME. ANYWHERE. ANY DOMAIN.

Since 2006, we have proudly served federal agencies including the Department of Defense. Our ability to operate globally in a wide range of environments, coupled with our deep understanding of customer needs and requirements, enables us to provide cost-effective solutions to support the most complex missions.

Adherence to all customer site protocols is mandatory for employees.

Responsibilities

• Lead mission-critical Red Team cybersecurity exercises that comprehensively test and fortify production IT infrastructure, physical facilities, and personnel within federal court systems, ensuring the highest standards of national security.
• Develop and conduct spear phishing campaigns to gain internal network access.
• Conduct exploitation of external-facing assets to gain internal network access.
• Conduct post-exploitation actions toward exercise objectives.
• Conduct on-site physical penetration assessments at various federal courthouses and other Court locations to obtain internal network access.
• Use custom code and/or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) exploitation frameworks to bypass and penetrate network and system defenses.
• Comply with unique rules of engagement (ROE) for each exercise, along with standard operating procedures (SOP) for Red Team operations.
• Employ Red Team tradecraft while conducting exercises.

Qualifications

Required:

• Minimum 6 years direct, hands-on technical red team and/or government computer network exploitation/attack operations experience.
• Minimum 2 years technical red team leadership experience (non-overlapping).
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience modifying and customizing red teaming software frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Kali, etc.).
• Minimum 2 years independently conducting every phase of a red team exercise without supervision.
• Minimum 2 years developing payloads that bypass A/V and EDR solutions.
• Minimum 2 years mentoring junior and mid-level operators on red team tradecraft and advanced knowledge.
• Minimum 2 years delivering technical red team reports and briefings.
• Must have Red Team web applications experience.
• CRTO certification required within 90 days of start date.
• Experience with Static Application Security Testing (SAST) / Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and integrating results into developer workflows.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 & SANS Top 25 vulnerabilities, with ability to exploit/remediate.
• Application security testing for web, mobile, and API endpoints.

Benefits

Intelligent Waves offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid PTO, life and disability insurance. We invest in our employees futures by contributing with vesting starting from DAY 1, technical training, tuition bonuses, and much more.

Clearance Statement

Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, Intelligent Waves will consider only applicants with current security clearances or those eligible to obtain one.

Equal OpportunityIntelligent Waves LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law.

As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Intelligent Waves is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates and employees. If you need reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process, or to perform essential job functions, please contact humanresources@intelligentwaves.com.

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