Principal Consultant - Cloud Red Team Blue Team (Remote)
$140,000–$195,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Conduct Cloud Red Team Blue Team engagements as a Blue Teamer, supporting customer SOC/IR teams in real-time threat hunting and incident response while performing cloud-focused adversary emulation exercises. Manage engagements from kickoff through report delivery, identify long-term enhancements to the CRTBT offering, and sharpen adversary emulation tradecraft to enable clients to detect, stop, and recover from cloud-based breaches. Leverage knowledge of existing cloud security controls and detection capabilities to optimize detection engineering workflows. Requires at least five years in blue team consulting or MSSP roles with public cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP), one to two years in proactive security assessments or Purple Team exercises, and proven ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced professional services environment. This role supports CrowdStrike's mission to stop breaches using an AI-native platform that processes nearly three trillion events daily.
Required Qualifications
- At least 5 years experience in blue team consulting services or MSSP roles
- Strong background in one or more public cloud platforms (typically AWS, Azure infrastructure, Microsoft Entra ID/M365 & GCP)
- 1-2 years conducting proactive security assessments, incident response activities, or Purple Team exercises
- 5+ years cybersecurity industry experience overall
- Experience in scripting, automation, and tooling development to support blue team operations, streamline engagement workflows, and build or extend custom blue team offerings
- Experience in customer-facing project management with a keen eye toward customer service
- Hands-on experience in information security programs across areas such as endpoint security, cloud security, network security, threat intelligence, or security operations
- Demonstrated ability to excel in a fast-paced professional services environment and ability to balance competing priorities while still maintaining focus on details
- Proven track record in technical and creative problem solving coupled with the analytical expertise to provide quick resolution to problems
- Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes
- Excellent client management skills & consulting poise
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Strong business acumen
- Ability to foster a positive work environment and attitude
- Must be able to periodically undergo and pass alcohol and/or drug test(s) during the course of employment
Desired Qualifications
- Hands-on roles including incident response, threat hunting, cloud engineering, etc.
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