Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CBTS is a technology solutions provider serving enterprise and midmarket clients in various industries across the United States and Canada. The Manager – Penetration Testing leads the Offensive Security practice, ensuring high-quality penetration tests and driving practice growth while mentoring team members and managing client engagements.
Responsibilities
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of penetration testers, red‑team operators, and offensive security consultants
• Oversee capacity planning, engagement assignments, and resource utilization to ensure timely delivery
• Create a culture of continuous learning, ethical conduct, technical innovation, and operational excellence
• Mentor team members through advanced exploitation techniques, reporting best practices, and client communication
• Oversee execution of internal/external network penetration tests, application and API testing, cloud testing, wireless assessments, and social engineering
• Ensure all engagements follow CBTS playbooks, methodologies, and compliance standards
• Review technical findings, reports, and remediation guidance for accuracy, clarity, and completeness
• Ensure engagements align with scope, timelines, and client expectations
• Maintain and enhance the CBTS offensive security methodology, tooling, and reporting standards
• Develop new service offerings, including adversary emulation, purple‑team services, cloud offensive testing, and industrial/OT security (as applicable)
• Oversee internal R&D to build custom tools, automation, and repeatable frameworks
• Act as executive‑level escalation point for clients during and after penetration testing engagements
• Present findings to technical, security, and C‑suite stakeholders in business‑aligned language
• Support the creation of Statements of Work (SOWs), scoping calls, and proposal development in partnership with Solutions Architects and Sales
• Build long‑term client relationships and support new and repeat business opportunities
• Ensure adherence to legal, ethical, and contractual requirements in all offensive engagements
• Manage operational risks, documenting and escalating critical issues appropriately
• Maintain high standards for confidentiality, testing authorization, and data handling
• Partner with the Defensive Security, Cloud, and Managed Services teams to deliver integrated security offerings
• Coordinate purple‑team engagements with detection engineering and SOC analysts
• Work with Sales, Delivery, PMO, and Marketing teams to enable practice visibility and growth
Skills
• Advanced knowledge of network, application, API, and mobile penetration testing
• Advanced knowledge of red‑team operations, adversary simulation, and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks
• Advanced knowledge of cloud offensive security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Advanced knowledge of Active Directory exploitation and post‑exploitation
• Advanced knowledge of scripting/exploitation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go, or C#
• Familiar with blue‑team technologies, detection engineering, and EDR evasion
• Team development, performance coaching, and hiring talent
• Ability to simplify technical risk for business leaders
• Strong documentation, communication, and presentation skills
• Project oversight, scoping, and workload management
• Strategic thinking around cybersecurity program maturity
• High integrity and ethical responsibility in offensive testing
• Ownership mindset and proactive leadership
• Collaboration across technical and business teams
• Adaptability in fast‑paced, evolving threat environments
• 7–10+ years in penetration testing, red‑team, or offensive security roles
• 2–4+ years in a leadership, team lead, or management capacity
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• OSCP, OSCE, OSEP, OSWE
• GPEN, GXPN, GWAPT
• PNPT
• Cloud security certifications (Azure/AWS/GCP security‑focused)
Company Overview
• CBTS provides end-to-end IT and communications solutions that allow businesses to improve efficiency, enable innovation, and mitigate risk. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.cbts.com.