GE Aerospace
Director-OffensiveSecurity
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“Director- Offensive Security at GE Aerospace. Skills: Offensive security, Red Team, Penetration testing, AI-enabled operations. Hire expert team members. Lead team members”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve scale; Improve speed; Improve consistency; Measurable risk reduction; Validate security posture
Industry & Context.
Risk reduction; Data-driven prioritization
Access to U.S. export-controlled information, U.S. Person status required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree or 8 years experience, Associates degree or 11 years experience, High School Diploma or 13 years experience, 5 years offensive security experience, Demonstrated people leadership experience, Demonstrated experience overseeing penetration testing, Demonstrated experience leading Red Team engagements, Experience managing third-party vendors
Nice to Have
Experience assessing OT environments, Experience leading embedded engagements, Experience maturing offensive security program, Experience owning offensive security tooling, Purple-team experience, Relevant certifications desired
What You'll Do.
Hire expert team members
Retain expert team members
Establish role clarity
Establish performance expectations
Establish development plans
Define offensive security strategy
Execute offensive security strategy
Scale penetration testing
Scale adversary emulation
Scale continuous security validation
Drive roadmap priorities
Own engagement delivery
Define engagement scope
Review engagement quality
Communicate with executives
Communicate with stakeholders
Direct stealth operations
Direct overt operations
Establish rules of engagement
Establish testing safety controls
Establish deconfliction processes
Coordinate with detection teams
Coordinate with incident response teams
Ensure assessments address application security
Ensure assessments address infrastructure security
Ensure assessments address identity security
Ensure assessments address cloud security
Ensure assessments address product security
Ensure assessments address OT security
Balance assessment thoroughness
Balance operational reliability
Manage vendor relationships
Manage vendor onboarding
Manage vendor offboarding
Manage service quality
Own offensive security tool portfolio
Own offensive security contracts
Manage license management
Ensure secure tool operations
Define tool capability roadmap
Partner with vulnerability management
Partner with product security
Partner with engineering teams
Partner with infrastructure teams
Ensure findings are actionable
Define assessment methodologies
Maintain assessment methodologies
Define reporting standards
Maintain reporting standards
Define measurable KPIs
Maintain measurable KPIs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with vulnerability management; Partner with product security; Partner with engineering; Partner with infrastructure
Communication Scope
Executive communications; Stakeholder communications
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
# ****Job Description Summary**** This role leads a team that delivers traditional web application penetration testing, Defense-in-Depth assessments extending beyond the web layer, and Red Team engagements ranging from focused control validations to long-term adversary emulation exercises, including both stealth and overt operations.The Director will shape an automation-first and intelligence-driven offensive security program, leveraging AI-enabled operations, testing orchestration, attack simulation, data-driven prioritization, and continuous validation techniques to improve scale, speed, consistency, and measurable risk reduction. This role will ensure offensive security services evolve from point-in-time testing toward a continuous assurance model that validates security posture across enterprise, product, and emerging technology environments. # **Job Description** **Roles and Responsibilities** **People leadership & talent development**: Hire, lead, coach, and retain an expert team; establish goals, role clarity, performance expectations, and development plans; build succession and continuity. **Strategic oversight:** Define and execute the offensive security strategy, including an automation-first and AI-enabled operating model that scales penetration testing, adversary emulation, and continuous security validation across IT, cloud, product, OT, and AI/ML environments. Drive roadmap priorities across talent, tooling, process standardization, service maturity, and measurable risk reduction. **Service ownership & delivery oversight**: Own end-to-end engagement delivery for web application penetration testing, Defense-in-Depth assessments, and Red Team operations, including intake, scope definition, scheduling, quality review, and executive/stakeholder communications. **Red Team program leadership** : Direct stealth and overt engagements; establish rules of engagement, testing safety controls, deconfliction, and coordination with detection and incident response te
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