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Executive Principal Consultant Red Team

NCC Group

Job Location:

Cheltenham - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 6 October 2026 (3 days ago)

Application Deadline: 3 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As an Executive Principal Consultant within the Red Teaming practice youll take a leading role in delivering high-end adversary simulation engagements for clients with mature security postures and critical risk profiles. Youll operate across the entire attack lifecyclefrom initial access and evasion of EDR through lateral movement and objective completionwhile ensuring the safety confidentiality and operational integrity of every engagement.

Youll also contribute to our capability development tooling and methodologies while mentoring the next generation of Red Teamers and representing NCC Group in client-facing engagements including with C-level stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Engagement Delivery

Design plan and execute advanced adversary simulation and Red Team engagements aligned with industry standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g. CBEST TIBER CORIE AASE iCAST FEER).
Maintain a strong focus on operational security and risk mitigation throughout delivery.
Communicate risks and safety concerns to clients clearly and proactively before and during operations.
Use both off-the-shelf and custom-built tools to achieve objectives and evade detection.
Create and maintain custom scripts or tools to automate Red Team activities or exploit environment-specific weaknesses.

Reporting and Communication

Produce high-quality narrative-driven reports that convey technical detail context and actionable insight to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Deliver detailed debriefs and presentations to security teams and C-level stakeholders.
Translate complex attack chains into engaging informative documentation.
Collaboration and Stakeholder Management
Work autonomously on smaller engagements and collaboratively on large-scale multi-phase assessments.
Build strong lasting relationships with clients and internal teams.
Support sales and scoping activity where required contributing to technical pre-sales conversations.

Capability Development

Share knowledge and develop internal Red Team capabilities through collaboration tooling contributions and process improvements.
Keep abreast of emerging TTPs threat actors and detection technologies evaluating and integrating relevant techniques.

Mentorship and Thought Leadership

Act as a mentor and knowledge resource for junior consultants and cross-functional teams.
Promote a culture of learning safety and excellence within the Red Team practice.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

Demonstrable experience delivering high-complexity Red Team engagements end-to-end.
Deep understanding of the adversary lifecycle and common tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs).
Familiarity with evasion techniques and bypassing controls such as EDR/EPP email/web gateways proxies etc.
Experience in stakeholder engagement with the ability to brief both security professionals and executive stakeholders.
Excellent written English and ability to create structured compelling reporting documents.

Proficiency across multiple relevant technical domains:

Microsoft Active Directory
Office 365 security mechanisms
Cloud security (AWS Azure GCP)
MacOS and mixed environments

Desirable:

Experience working under regulatory testing frameworks such as:
CBEST TIBER-EU CORIE AASE iCAST or FEER
Experience in the design or development of Red Team tooling or automation.
Familiarity with UK and international cybersecurity frameworks regulations and best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

CREST CCSAS / CCRTS (Simulated Attack Specialist)
CREST CCSAM / CCRTM (Simulated Attack Manager)

Benefits

We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with world-class well-being initiatives and benefits:

Flexible Working: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options.
Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave.
Medicash & Critical Illness Scheme
Financial & Investment Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our Pension Life Assurance and Share Save Scheme.
Community & Volunteering Programmes: Make a difference in your community with our volunteering opportunities.
Green Car Scheme: Drive green and save money with our eco-friendly car scheme.
Cycle Scheme: Stay fit and healthy with our cycle-to-work scheme.
Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life like getting married/entering into a civil partnership becoming a grandparent and welcoming home a new pet.
Family Planning: Benefit from our generous maternity and paternity leave as well as time off and support for those undergoing fertility treatments.

Required Experience:

Exec

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