Principal Security Consultant - Red Team
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Summary
Senior hands-on red team consultant at cybersecurity consultancy NCC Group in Madrid, leading end-to-end adversary simulation engagements (initial access, EDR evasion, lateral movement) for mature clients in finance, government, and defence, aligned to frameworks like CBEST and TIBER. Also builds tooling and methodologies and mentors junior red teamers.
Role Purpose
As an Executive Principal Consultant within the Red Teaming practice, you’ll take a leading role in delivering high-end adversary simulation engagements for clients with mature security postures and critical risk profiles. You'll operate across the entire attack lifecycle—from initial access and evasion of EDR, through lateral movement and objective completion—while ensuring the safety, confidentiality, and operational integrity of every engagement.
As an Executive Principal Consultant within the Red Teaming practice, you’ll take a leading role in delivering high-end adversary simulation engagements for clients with mature security postures and critical risk profiles. You'll operate across the entire attack lifecycle—from initial access and evasion of EDR, through lateral movement and objective completion—while ensuring the safety, confidentiality, and operational integrity of every engagement.
You’ll also contribute to our capability development, tooling, and methodologies, while mentoring the next generation of Red Teamers and representing NCC Group in client-facing engagements, including with C-level stakeholders.
This role is central to advancing NCC Group’s offensive security capability while helping our clients understand, detect, and respond to sophisticated threats in real-world scenarios.
You’ll lead the design, planning, and execution of Red Team and adversary simulation engagements across critical sectors such as financial services, government, and defence. These operations will align with frameworks such as CBEST, TIBER, CORIE, and more. You’ll also build strong stakeholder relationships, lead debriefs with both technical and executive audiences, and translate complex attack paths into clear, actionable insight.
Over the next 12–24 months, you'll establish yourself as a senior authority in the Red Teaming space, contribute to tooling and methodology development, mentor rising talent, and play an active role in growing our capability in both regulated and bespoke assessments.
You are an experienced operator who combines deep technical expertise with strong client-facing and leadership skills. You’re comfortable running complex operations end-to-end and enjoy mentoring others while staying hands-on.
We’d love to see experience in:
- Designing and delivering complex adversary simulations
- Evading controls such as EDR/EPP and navigating defensive environments
- Microsoft AD, Office 365, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), MacOS
- Stakeholder engagement, including executive-level briefings
- Report writing that balances narrative flow and technical accuracy
Desirable:
- Familiarity with CBEST, TIBER, CORIE, AASE, iCAST, FEER
- Experience building tools or automation for Red Team use
- Understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory standards
Certifications required:
- CREST CCT-INF is desired
- CREST CCSAS or CREST CCSAM is highly desired
We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with world-class well-being initiatives and benefits:
Flexible working
Financial & Investment
Financial & Investment
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Share Save Scheme
- Maternity & Paternity leave
Employee Referral Program
Lifestyle & Wellness
Learning & Development
Lifestyle & Wellness
Learning & Development