Drimva

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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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)