Sr. Manager, Information Security – Application Security & Red Team

Netskope · Bengaluru · 10+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-18

Tech stack: AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes

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Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a team of Red Team and application Security engineers.
- Support Executive and Leadership Alignment of the application security and red teaming programs with Engineering and Platform teams.
- Define and execute the offensive security strategy, roadmap, and testing methodologies.
- Conduct and oversee adversary emulation exercises, red team operations, penetration testing, and security assessments.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of security controls through realistic attack simulations and threat-informed testing.
- Partner with Security Operations and Detection Engineering teams to drive purple team exercises and improve detection and response capabilities.
- Perform offensive security assessments across cloud environments, applications, APIs, containers, Kubernetes platforms, and enterprise infrastructure.
- Research emerging threats, attacker techniques, and offensive security trends to continuously improve testing capabilities.
- Provide risk-based recommendations and work closely with engineering teams to drive remediation efforts.
- Communicate security findings, risks, and strategic recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.
- Build and scale offensive security programs, processes, and talent within the organization.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in Offensive Security, Red Teaming, Penetration Testing, Security Research, or related cybersecurity disciplines.
- 3+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing security teams.
- Strong expertise in adversary emulation, red teaming, penetration testing, and threat-driven security assessments.
- Deep understanding of modern attack techniques, MITRE ATT&CK framework, and offensive security methodologies.
- Experience assessing cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), enterprise environments, and cloud-native technologies including containers and Kubernetes.
- Strong understanding of application security, network security, identity security, and detection engineering concepts.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across technical and business teams.
- Experience in SaaS, cloud security, or cybersecurity product companies.
- Hands-on experience with purple teaming, threat hunting, exploit development, or security research.
- Industry certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, OSWE, GXPN, GPEN, CISSP, or equivalent.
- Contributions to the security community through research publications, conference speaking, open-source projects, CVEs, patents or bug bounty programs are a plus.

Qualifications

- 10+ years of experience in Offensive Security, Red Teaming, Penetration Testing, Security Research, or related cybersecurity disciplines.
- 3+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing security teams.
- Strong expertise in adversary emulation, red teaming, penetration testing, and threat-driven security assessments.
- Deep understanding of modern attack techniques, MITRE ATT&CK framework, and offensive security methodologies.
- Experience assessing cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), enterprise environments, and cloud-native technologies including containers and Kubernetes.
- Strong understanding of application security, network security, identity security, and detection engineering concepts.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across technical and business teams.
- Experience in SaaS, cloud security, or cybersecurity product companies.
- Hands-on experience with purple teaming, threat hunting, exploit development, or security research.
- Industry certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, OSWE, GXPN, GPEN, CISSP, or equivalent.
- Contributions to the security community through research publications, conference speaking, open-source projects, CVEs, patents or bug bounty programs are a plus.

Responsibilities

- Lead and mentor a team of Red Team and application Security engineers.
- Support Executive and Leadership Alignment of the application security and red teaming programs with Engineering and Platform teams.
- Define and execute the offensive security strategy, roadmap, and testing methodologies.
- Conduct and oversee adversary emulation exercises, red team operations, penetration testing, and security assessments.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of security controls through realistic attack simulations and threat-informed testing.
- Partner with Security Operations and Detection Engineering teams to drive purple team exercises and improve detection and response capabilities.
- Perform offensive security assessments across cloud environments, applications, APIs, containers, Kubernetes platforms, and enterprise infrastructure.
- Research emerging threats, attacker techniques, and offensive security trends to continuously improve testing capabilities.
- Provide risk-based recommendations and work closely with engineering teams to drive remediation efforts.
- Communicate security findings, risks, and strategic recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.
- Build and scale offensive security programs, processes, and talent within the organization.

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