# Threat Emulation Engineer - Blue/Purple Team

**Company**: GuidePoint Security
**Location**: Chantilly, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

GuidePoint Security is seeking a skilled Threat Emulation Engineer to support service delivery and be a product subject-matter expert. The engineer will work independently on small projects and collaboratively on large-scale enterprise deployments.

Responsibilities:

- Complete internal training for Automated Security Validation (ASV)

- Lead complex ASV deployments and partner with customers to address diverse security use cases

- Assess customer security posture and requirements to guide solution design

- Maximize ASV value by enabling customers and supporting their cybersecurity strategy

- Collaborate with internal product and technical teams to deliver solutions and drive innovation

Requirements:

- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a CI Poly within 10 years

- 5–10 years of security systems engineering and troubleshooting experience

- Active DoD 8570 IAT Level II+ certification

- Strong understanding of cyber threat techniques, intelligence analysis, and adversary TTPs

- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and similar threat frameworks

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience

- Experience configuring and utilizing enterprise SIEM platforms

- Understanding of OS auditing

- Experience with Mandiant Security Validation or other Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) tools

Benefits:

- Remote workforce primarily

- Group Medical Insurance options

- Group Dental Insurance

- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program

- Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance

- Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment

- Pet Benefit Option

## Skills

### Required
- cybersecurity
- threat emulation
- Automated Security Validation
- MITRE ATT&CK
- security systems engineering
- troubleshooting
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II+ certification

### Nice to have
- enterprise SIEM platforms
- OS auditing
- Mandiant Security Validation
- Breach and Attack Simulation tools
- red or purple team experience
- scripting languages

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