Senior Red Team - Cybersecurity Engineer

Senior Red Team Cybersecurity Engineer

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing startup in the nuclear and energy space creating a never-before-seen fleet-scale approach to building nuclear reactors. Through its design-once, build-many approach and coalition building across communities, regulators, and financial stakeholders, The Nuclear Company is committed to delivering safe and reliable electricity at the lowest cost, while catalyzing the nuclear industry toward rapid development in America and globally.

Position Overview

Join our elite cybersecurity team as a Red Team Specialist, where you'll play a critical role in safeguarding nuclear facilities through advanced penetration testing and security assessments. This position requires a seasoned professional who can think like an adversary to identify vulnerabilities before malicious actors do.

Key Responsibilities

- Advanced Threat Simulation: Conduct sophisticated red team exercises simulating real-world attack scenarios against critical nuclear infrastructure systems

- Comprehensive Security Testing: Execute multi-vector penetration tests including network, application, wireless, and physical security assessment

- Social Engineering Operations: Design and implement social engineering campaigns to test human security controls and awareness

- Physical Security Assessments: Perform on-site physical penetration tests to evaluate facility security measures and access controls

- Vulnerability Analysis: Identify, analyze, and document security weaknesses in critical digital assets and control systems

- Strategic Reporting: Develop detailed technical reports with actionable remediation strategies for executive and technical audiences

- Countermeasure Development: Collaborate with blue team members to design and implement effective defensive measures

Required Qualifications

- Strong understanding of hacking methodologies, including social engineering, physical security tests, and exploitation techniques.

- Proficiency with penetration testing tools such as Metasploit, Nmap, Burp Suite, or ZAP.

- In-depth knowledge of operating systems, network security protocols, and web application security principles.

- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret test results and propose effective countermeasures.

- 5+ years of experience in penetration testing or ethical hacking roles.

- Strong skills in application architecture, secure coding reviews, and threat Modeling.

- Familiarity with modern development environments, containers, and CI/CD pipelines.

- Deep understanding of cloud-native security challenges and solutions.

- Experience with SAST/DAST/SCA- and other security testing tools .

- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP, experience with Vulns management

Preferred Qualifications

- Certifications such as OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), or equivalent.

- Experience working in dynamic, fast-paced environments, ideally within technology-driven organizations.

- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks.

- Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- A passion for cybersecurity and a curiosity for exploring new tools and techniques

Benefits

- Competitive compensation packages

- 401k with company match

- Medical, dental, vision plans

- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays

Estimated Starting Salary Range

The estimated starting salary range for this role is $121,000 - $143,000 annually less applicable withholdings and deductions, paid on a bi-weekly basis. The actual salary offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in the Company’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, tenure, skill set, availability of qualified candidates, geographic location, certifications held, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the particular role.

EEO Statement

The Nuclear Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an environment of inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, and termination.

Export Control

Certain positions at The Nuclear Company may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law. Compliance with these export controls may result in The Nuclear Company limiting its consideration of certain applicants.