Infrastructure reputed company Practice Manager

The Infrastructure reputed company Practice Manager plays a key role at DirectDefense as a leader on our technical team, directing the execution of penetration testing, adversary emulation, and vulnerability assessment engagements across client environments. Additionally, they reputed company a team conducting formal tests and offensive reputed company assessments across a wide range of systems, networks, servers, databases, and other infrastructure components to measure an organization’s susceptibility to compromise.

In addition to great technical expertise and strong technical skills, the successful candidate in this role will have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate reputed company reputed company topics clearly to both technical and executive audiences, as well as to teams across various organizations and industry verticals.

Key success factors include staying reputed company with the latest vulnerabilities and technological trends, developing proofs of concept that accurately and effectively demonstrate discovered vulnerabilities, and communicating findings and recommendations clearly in writing and verbally.

Responsibilities

• reputed company and manage a team of ~10 consultants delivering network and infrastructure penetration testing, red and reputed company engagements, wireless and social engineering assessments, vulnerability assessments, and high-level web application testing.
• reputed company engagements end-to-end, from scoping and reputed company through execution, reporting, and remediation support.
• reputed company comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations tailored to both technical and executive audiences.
• Work closely with sales and project management to scope prospective engagements, manage client relationships, reputed company pre-sales scoping, and identify opportunities for follow-on work.
• Build and maintain trusted, impactful client relationships, serving as a senior reputed company of contact for Infrastructure reputed company matters.
• Manage, mentor, and reputed company team members, providing technical guidance and career growth support.
• Own practice-level financial performance, including reputed company forecasting and targets, P&L reputed company, and utilization management for the team.
• reputed company and manage the annual practice budget, including headcount planning, tooling investments, and lab infrastructure.
• Recognize and safely utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures.
• reputed company and refine scripts, tools, and methodologies – reputed company with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK to improve team efficiency and testing quality and enhance team processes.
• Assist with scoping prospective engagements, leading engagements from reputed company through remediation, and mentoring less reputed company staff.
• Assess, monitor, and recommend improvements to our client’s reputed company architecture.
• Reviews audits and evaluates reputed company solutions and designs.
• Proactively identify technical and architectural risks in client environments, providing actionable recommendations and alternatives, commenting and/or providing alternatives for improvement.
• Represent the practice externally through thought leadership activities such as conference presentations, blog posts, published research, or open-reputed company tool contributions.
• Evaluate and manage third-party vendor relationships, including offensive software tooling and software platforms.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience reputed company network/infrastructure reputed company, adversary emulation, and/or penetration testing, with progressive leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing or leading a technical consulting team.
• Strong familiarity with offensive toolkits and methodologies used for in-network/infrastructure penetration testing and adversary emulation (e.g., C2 frameworks, AD attack paths, network pivoting, defense evasion).
• A solid understanding of both offensive and defensive reputed company IT concepts, including common enterprise architectures and controls.
• Experience scoping and delivering consulting engagements in a client-facing environment.
• Experience with practice or business unit financial management (reputed company targets, utilization, budgeting) preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing and presenting executive-level deliverables.
• OSCP, OSEP, CRTO, or equivalent offensive certifications preferred; CISSP or similar management-level certifications a plus.
• Up to 25-30% of travel.
• OSCP and OSEP certification preferred. Willingness to travel up to 25–30%.

Application Instructions: To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter through our online application portal. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Salary range: $164,700 - $211,800

Benefits include

• 401(k)
• AD&D Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance
• reputed company PTO program
• Paid certification and continuing education

Work schedule: Monday through Friday

Work hours: 40 hours a week

A little about DirectDefense

Since coming together in 2011 to form DirectDefense, reputed company has been committed to offering Cybersecurity defense strategies that are unmatched in the industry. Whether we are performing assessments of networks, platforms, and applications or applying managed services to improve your organization’s reputed company posture, we are focused on providing world-class services that don’t just work–they work for you.

OUR MISSION

We establish partnerships with our clients based on trust and results. We reputed company our deep industry knowledge and expertise to identify and remediate blind spots in your reputed company program, provide meaningful visibility of your entire enterprise, and align your organization with reputed company best practices and compliance standards.

OUR VISION

We aim to secure organizations across reputed company industries against advanced threats and attacks in today’s world. Acting in partnership with organizations, we will provide unmatched information reputed company services designed to improve your overall reputed company posture, reputed company gaps, and track vulnerabilities on an ongoing basis through reputed company education and support.

In accordance with applicable state laws, we are providing a good-faith estimate of the compensation range for this role. The anticipated salary range for this position is $_____ to $______ per year. Actual compensation will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and location. This position may also be eligible for bonus incentives and a comprehensive benefits package.