Horizon3AI
Staff Attack Engineer, Internal/AD
$235K–$275K
US, Remote · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of combined offensive security and/or software engineering experience; significant time focused on Active Directory and internal network attacks.
About the job
Leads research and development of safe, production-grade autonomous internal-network and Active Directory attack capabilities for the NodeZero platform.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and research priorities for internal-network and Active Directory attack coverage.
- Research emerging attack techniques and build, test, and maintain production Python capabilities for hardened enterprise environments.
- Extend attack-path modeling, mentor engineers, and collaborate on documentation and research publications.
What they ask for
- Hands-on offensive experience against Active Directory and internal enterprise networks, including current AD tradecraft and attacks on hardened environments.
- Expert-level Python and a record of shipping and maintaining production-quality software.
- Technical leadership experience, including setting direction and mentoring engineers; strong written and verbal communication.
- 8+ years of combined offensive security and/or software engineering experience, with significant time focused on Active Directory and internal network attacks.
Nice to have
- OSCP, OSEP, CRTO, or equivalent offensive certification.
- Experience with SCCM or other Windows management-plane attacks, hybrid identity, offensive tooling, graph databases, or production-safe automated offensive tooling.
Pay
$235,000 - $275,000 (base salary)
Tools
Python, Active Directory, SCCM/ConfigMgr, Kerberos, NTLM, Entra ID, Entra Connect, Neo4j
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