Join Motive as a Red Team Security Engineer to enhance security across cloud environments and drive remediation efforts.
Posted by employer 2 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day 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, techniques, and procedures
- 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 Red Team Security Engineer, the individual will conduct offensive security assessments and adversary simulations, primarily focusing on cloud environments. Key skills include expertise in red teaming, penetration testing, and familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, alongside the ability to communicate complex findings effectively. This position is suited for experienced professionals with over five years in offensive security, particularly those with relevant industry certifications. The role is part of a Product Security Team that emphasizes collaboration with software and engineering teams to enhance overall security posture.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze October 25, 2026. Last confirmed on Motive's careers page October 25, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 2 other locations at Motive: United Kingdom, Canada - Remote.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 17% of 12 comparable senior security roles in United States that list CI/CD we track (median $188,600 across 9 companies). See CI/CD salary trends
- CI/CD appears in 4.4% of 342 comparable senior security roles in United States; MITRE ATT&CK appears in 2.3% of 342 comparable senior security roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Red Team Security Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Motive expects some on-site time in Austin, Texas, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Motive lists $140,000–$190,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Red Team Security Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Motive is hiring for this position in Austin, Texas, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CI/CD, Cloud, IAM, MITRE ATT&CK, cloud-native services, containerized workloads.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Motive targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Red Team Security Engineer 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.
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
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