Contractual Red Team Cyber Security Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Details
Responsible for the system's development and enforcement of cybersecurity policy and strategy and protecting the organization's digital assets from cyber threats and attacks. Oversees the selection, development, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and enhancement of the system's cybersecurity technology. Responsible for advanced security monitoring, incident response, and operational risk management within the organization's cybersecurity framework. Identify and track advanced persistent threats (APTs), anomalous activities, and potential intrusions. Analyze trends in security alerts and events. This role is required to be on-call outside of regular working hours to respond to urgent issues and ensure continuous operational support.
Job Description
Location: Hybrid (1101 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, PA)
Team: Cyber Security - Red Team (Offensive Security/Penetration Testing)
Summary
Responsible for the system's development and enforcement of cybersecurity policy and strategy and protecting the organization's digital assets from cyber threats and attacks. Oversees the selection, development, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and enhancement of the system's cybersecurity technology. Responsible for advanced security monitoring, incident response, and operational risk management within the organization's cybersecurity framework. Identify and track advanced persistent threats (APTs), anomalous activities, and potential intrusions. Analyze trends in security alerts and events. This role is required to be on-call outside of regular working hours to respond to urgent issues and ensure continuous operational support.
Job Duties

• Monitor and analyze security alerts from SIEM, EDR, DLP, and email threat detection platforms. Detect anomalous activities, lateral movements, and persistence mechanisms.
• Lead investigations and forensic analysis for cyber intrusions. Detect anomalous activities, lateral movements, and persistence mechanisms.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. Develop remediation plans and track compliance with security standards.
• Contribute to threat hunting and operationalize threat intelligence findings.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or
• High School Diploma/GED and 7 years preferred work experience.
• 5 years related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 7 years related work experience to be considered in lieu of degree.
• Knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and threat intelligence platforms (TIPs).
• Familiarity with SIEM, SOAR, IDS/IPS, and endpoint detection tools.
• Experience with Azure security stack, IAM principles (RBAC, least privilege), and compliance in cloud environments.
• Ability to lead incident response efforts, perform root cause analysis, and conduct forensic investigations.
• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional - ISC2
• CISM - Certified Information Security Manager - Information Systems Audit and Control Association
• Red Team (Offensive Security/Penetration Testing) experience

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
1100 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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