Adversary Exploitation Lead
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About the Role What if your offensive security expertise could directly shape how AI understands cyber threats, adversary behavior, and real-world exploitation? We're looking for an Adversary Exploitation Lead to analyze attack chains, evaluate threat-actor tactics, and produce structured assessments that help AI systems reason more accurately about cybersecurity. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for experienced security professionals who think like attackers — and know how to communicate what they find. - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: Flexible, task-based What You'll Do - Analyze exploitation chains, privilege-escalation paths, and attack surfaces across a range of threat scenarios - Evaluate threat-actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) with structured, evidence-based assessments - Identify systemic weaknesses and conditions that enable adversary exploitation - Summarize adversary behaviors, operational patterns, and campaign characteristics in clear, actionable documentation - Validate detection logic and challenge defensive assumptions with an offensive mindset - Support recurring reviews of threat-intelligence datasets and simulation outputs Who You Are - Experienced in cybersecurity, offensive security, or threat intelligence — you've worked in the weeds of real attack scenarios - Deep understanding of exploit development, adversary tradecraft, and how real attacks unfold - Strong analytical writer — you can translate complex technical findings into clear, structured documentation - Self-directed and reliable when working independently on task-based assignments - Sharp eye for the details that matter when assessing adversary behavior and systemic risk Nice to Have - Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and how it maps to real-world adversary behavior - Background in red-team operations, penetration testing, or adversary emulation - Experience with malware analysis, reverse engineering, or threat hunting - Prior work in CTI (cyber threat intelligence) production or structured analytic writing Why Join Us - Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs - Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you - Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work - Put your offensive security expertise to work on problems that matter at scale - Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch
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