Sr. Manager, Information Security – Application Security & Red Team
Netskope
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaPosted 27 days ago
Skill Required
Information SecuritysecurityPenetration TestingCloud SecurityCybersecurityEngineeringKubernetesnetworkingTestNGAzureCloudAPIsAWSGCPAI
Key highlights
- Employer: Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK).
- Required experience: 10+ years in Offensive Security/Red Teaming/Penetration Testing/Security Research, plus 3+ years leading security teams.
- Key benefit: Culture of belonging, continuous education and mentorship, and encouragement to be an entrepreneur.
- Notable requirement: Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework and experience assessing cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes.
Role overview
Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK) is a leader in modern security and networking for the cloud and AI era, securing and accelerating cloud, data, and AI in real time for thousands of customers including more than 30 of the Fortune 100. The company is seeking an experienced and hands-on security leader to build, lead, and scale its Red Team and Application Security function. This role will identify security weaknesses through adversary emulation, penetration testing, attack simulations, and offensive security assessments across Netskope's products, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise environments, partnering closely with Product Security, Engineering, Security Operations, and Infrastructure teams to proactively assess risk, validate security controls, and strengthen the company's overall security posture.
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.
Requirements
- 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.
Nice to have
- 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.
Additional details
- Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK) is a leader in modern security and networking for the cloud and AI era.
- Netskope secures and accelerates cloud, data, and AI in real time, everywhere.
- Thousands of customers, including more than 30 of the Fortune 100, trust the Netskope One platform, its Zero Trust Engine, and the powerful NewEdge network to gain full visibility and control without performance trade-offs.
- At Netskope, technology is driven by people; belonging powers innovation and success is both personal and organizational.
- Netskope embraces differences in gender, ethnicity, beliefs, ability, and identity, creating an environment where every voice is heard and respected.
- Netskope empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work, grow their careers through continuous education and mentorship, and lead with transparency and curiosity.
- Netskope is a team where employees belong, are encouraged to be entrepreneurs, and together redefine the landscape of security.
- Candidates can visit Careers at Netskope to learn more and follow Netskope on LinkedIn and Instagram.
- This role is part of the Information Security organization and partners closely with Product Security, Engineering, Security Operations, and Infrastructure teams.
- Job requisition ID/flag: #LI-AB1.
- Netskope is committed to implementing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment.
- Netskope does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on religion, race, color, sex, marital or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in which Netskope operates.
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- The application window for this position is expected to close within 50 days.
- Applicants may apply by filling out the below information, or visiting the Netskope Careers site.