[Hiring] Offensive Security Technical Lead @CACI International

Role Description

CACI is seeking an Offensive Security Technical Lead to own technical delivery across the penetration-testing and red-team workstreams. This position will provide continuous technical assessment support for full-time, proactive testing of externally and internally visible federal cyber assets.

• Conduct continual assessments of .gov domains, subdomains, and internet-facing assets to uncover unknown exposures, validate vulnerabilities, and provide actionable remediation guidance.
• Establish methodology, approve complex plans and rules of engagement, govern technical risk, allocate specialized expertise across concurrent assessments, resolve escalations, and accept final technical deliverables.
• Support the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program’s mission to safeguard and secure cyberspace.
• Enhance the security, resilience, and reliability of the Nation’s cyber and communications infrastructure.
• Defend U.S. Federal Information Technology (IT) networks from cybersecurity threats by providing continuous monitoring sensors, diagnosis, mitigation tools, and associated services.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• The selected candidate must meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information and be able to obtain a Public Trust fitness determination (High Risk).
• Ability to work in customer-provided remote environments, use customer-approved tools, and comply with rules of engagement, data-handling requirements, evidence controls, deconfliction procedures, and stop-work criteria.
• Eight or more years of progressively responsible offensive-security experience, including significant hands-on penetration testing and red-team/adversary-emulation delivery.
• Five or more years leading complex technical engagements, multiple concurrent assessments, or senior offensive-security teams.
• Expert ability to scope and govern safe testing across enterprise networks, applications/APIs, Windows/Active Directory and identity, Linux, AWS/Azure, external attack surfaces, and production environments.
• Demonstrated technical authority in rules of engagement, operational risk, deconfliction, exploit validation, evidence quality, severity decisions, report acceptance, and customer out-briefing.
• Strong scripting, automation, or tool-development capability and the judgment to approve or reject high-risk technical methods.
• One or more advanced hands-on certifications such as OSEP/OSCE, OSWE, GXPN, GPEN, OSED/OSEE, CRTO/CRTL, or equivalent expert-level experience.

Requirements

• Twelve or more years across offensive security, security research, adversary emulation, or technical-assessment leadership.
• Experience leading CISA, DHS, federal high-value-asset, critical-infrastructure, ICS/OT, or similarly sensitive assessment programs.
• Experience maturing an offensive-security program, establishing quality metrics, developing training, or building repeatable technical delivery standards.
• Advanced cloud, identity, exploit-development, malware/payload, detection-engineering, or purple-team expertise.
• Ability to brief senior government leadership and translate technical attack paths into operational and mission risk.

Benefits

• A culture of integrity.
• An environment of trust with flexible time off benefits.
• Access to robust learning resources.
• A focus on continuous growth and opportunities to advance critical missions.
• Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

Pay Range

The proposed salary range for this position is: $105,100-$231,100. Factors influencing final salary include geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

Company Description

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.