Join Motive as a Red Team Security Engineer to enhance security posture through offensive assessments in cloud environments.
Posted by employer 19 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Plan and execute red team operations
- Evaluate the security of cloud infrastructure
- Identify and validate attack paths
- Assess detection and response coverage
- Track emerging attacker techniques
Must have
- 5+ years of experience in offensive security
- Familiarity with attacker tactics and techniques
- Ability to write concise, actionable reports
- Relevant industry certifications
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Offensive Security Engineer, the individual will conduct red team operations and adversary simulations to assess and enhance the security posture of cloud environments. Key skills include expertise in offensive security, familiarity with cloud infrastructure, and the ability to communicate complex findings effectively. This position is suited for experienced professionals with over five years in red teaming or penetration testing, particularly those holding relevant industry certifications. The role is part of a dedicated Product Security Team focused on safeguarding Motive's innovative platform.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze September 29, 2026. Last confirmed on Motive's careers page September 29, 2026.
- Starts above 19% of 16 comparable senior security roles in Canada we track (median $106,931 across 9 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team) role remote?
- Yes — Motive lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Motive lists CAD 146,000–CAD 190,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team) role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CI/CD, Cloud, IAM, MITRE ATT&CK, containerization.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Motive targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team) role at Motive.
From the original posting
Who we are:
Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
About the Role:
As a Red Team Security Engineer you will be a key member of the Product Security Team. You will be the primary Security partner for software and engineering teams focusing on evaluating security posture across the organization. The Red Team Engineer will be responsible for conducting adversary emulation and offensive security assessments across cloud environments while driving remediation efforts of issues.
What You'll Do:
- Plan and execute red team operations, adversary simulations, and targeted security assessments focused on cloud environments.
- Evaluate the security of cloud infrastructure, identity architectures, CI/CD pipelines, containerized workloads, and cloud-native services.
- Identify and validate attack paths involving IAM misconfigurations, overprivileged roles, secrets exposure, metadata abuse, insecure automation, and weaknesses in cloud service configurations.
- Assess detection and response coverage by exercising logging, alerting, monitoring, and incident response processes in partnership with blue team and detection engineering functions.
- Track emerging attacker techniques, cloud exploitation trends, and new abuse paths relevant to modern enterprise environments.
What We're Looking For:
- 5+ years of experience in offensive security, red teaming, penetration testing, and detection validation
- Familiarity with attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, and the ability to map findings to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
- Ability to write concise, actionable reports and communicate complex technical issues to diverse stakeholders
- Relevant industry certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, GXPN, GPEN, or cloud security certifications.
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:
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