Hack The Box
Cybersecurity
LeadDefensiveContentEngineer
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“Lead Defensive Content Engineer at Hack The Box. Skills: Defensive security tooling, Detection engineering, Digital forensics, Malware analysis, Content engineering for CTFs, Operating systems, System administration, Team leadership. Design, build, and rigorously test engaging, complex live-fire and hunting labs. Spearhead the development of highly engaging, complex live-fire cyber ranges and immersive hunting labs”
What You'll Achieve.
Directly upskill the defensive capabilities of our business customers; Deliver the roadmap; Achieve excellence in defensive content creation; Ensure our defensive content remains acutely relevant and cutting-edge; Constantly challenging and significantly elevating our players' readiness and skill set against modern cyber threats; Contribute to a product that is highly appreciated by users and the cybersecurity community at large
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Expert proficiency with Defensive security tooling (e. g. , SIEM, EDR, Wireshark, Volatility, Autopsy, IDA), Skills such as detection engineering, digital forensics and malware analysis, Proven experience engineering content for Capture The Flag (CTF) events or similar gamified learning platforms, Deep understanding of common operating systems, applications, and system administration (e. g. , Windows, Linux, VMWare, Cloud Services), Highly organised, self-motivated, and passionate about information security and gamified learning, Fluent in the English language (speaking, reading, and writing), More than 2 years of experience in leading small technical teams
Nice to Have
More than 2 years of practical experience within a real-world Defensive security operations (SecOps) environment, Experience utilising orchestration tooling such as Terraform and Ansible, Submitted content in the past or can showcase some related work they've engineered, Engineered offensive or defensive content for CTFs or other learning environments
What You'll Do.
and rigorously test engaging
complex live-fire and hunting labs
Spearhead the development of highly engaging
complex live-fire cyber ranges and immersive hunting labs
and inspire a high-performing team of talented content engineers
Drive innovation in defensive training by collaborating on and testing cutting-edge content formats
proactive research into emerging vulnerabilities
sophisticated exploits
and evolving threat actor profiles
Pioneer new and creative defensive techniques and countermeasures
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
At the forefront of a small, talented team of content engineers; Inspire your team, providing essential support to deliver the roadmap, while fostering their daily needs and accelerating their personal growth; Works closely interdepartmentally, as well as across departments (Infrastructure, Marketing, Software Engineering, and Product Management); Collaborating on and testing cutting-edge content formats; Discussing assignments with the hiring team in a debriefing session
Communication Scope
Fluent in the English language (speaking, reading, and writing)
Full Job Description
Welcome! Super excited you dropped by 🥳 Let's redefine cyber security expertise standards and connect business - community through highly engaging hacking experiences. (Find out more insights about Hack The Box culture in our career site). **✨The core mission of the Lead Defensive Content Engineer:** The Lead Defensive Content Engineer is a pivotal, hands-on technical leadership role. You will be at the forefront of a small, talented team of content engineers, personally driving the creation of cutting-edge cyber ranges. This mission is critical: to design, build, and rigorously test engaging, complex live-fire and hunting labs that directly upskill the defensive capabilities of our business customers. Beyond your significant technical contribution, you will inspire your team, providing essential support to deliver the roadmap, while fostering their daily needs and accelerating their personal growth through dedicated 1-to-1s, coaching, and mentoring. 🏢 Location & Work Mode: * Options: Europe, US (preferably East Coast) * Fully Remote / Hybrid * Greek Candidates: Those based within 55 km of our (unbelievably awesome) Athens office will follow a hybrid work model of 2 days office/3 remote. For candidates located beyond that radius, a fully remote arrangement is available. **🍺 The fellowship you’ll be joining:** HTB’s defensive team is a relatively new team, established three years ago, and focusing on creating Sherlocks, Forensic CTF Challenges and Cyber Ranges. The team is part of the wider content engineering team, 30 + individuals, working across the globe. To deliver their exciting content, the content engineering team works closely interdepartmentally, as well as across departments (Infrastructure, Marketing, Software Engineering, and Product Management). **📚 Interesting resources you should definitely check:** Read about [Threat Range](https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/what-is-threat-range), one of the main types of content your team will be creating. Learn al
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