Lead Offensive Engineer

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The Red Team Lead is a critical role in our offensive security team, driving advanced security testing and adversarial simulations to safeguard McKesson against emerging cyber threats.

This position requires a blend of deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and leadership to enhance the organization's security posture.

The Red Team Lead will implement strategic plans and foster a culture of continuous improvement in security practices. The successful candidate will have a robust understanding of applications, networks, operating systems, and offensive techniques, and will actively collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance security efforts and mentor team members.

Essential Job Duties :

• Lead and execute complex red team engagements to simulate cyber-attacks on the organization's infrastructure, applications, and data.
• Translate high-level security objectives into actionable offensive security strategies and tactical plans.
• Develop, document, and implement comprehensive methodologies to identify and report vulnerabilities across all McKesson environments.
• Produce clear, detailed reports that articulate findings, vulnerabilities, and recommended actions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Recommend actionable remediation strategies to mitigate identified vulnerabilities and improve the overall security posture.
• Lead purple team exercises to integrate red and blue team activities, enhancing overall security effectiveness.
• Foster a collaborative environment, promote knowledge sharing, and mentor team members to build a strong, skilled security team.
• Stay current with emerging threats, tools, and techniques in the security industry, continuously innovating to maintain and enhance McKessons security posture.
• Partner with incident response and other technology groups to strengthen defences through informed remediation strategies.
• Champion an environment of collaboration, open communication, and knowledge sharing, ensuring continuous skill development for both peers and junior team members.
• Embody McKessons core values of iLead and iCare by demonstrating integrity, accountability, empathy, and leadership in all security operations.

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Our Base Pay Range for this position

$144,200 - $240,300

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