.**_Overview_**: Echelon Risk + Cyber is seeking an Offensive Security Associate to join our team. Your role and responsibilities will include the execution of client assessments and audits ranging from a common penetration test to an advanced adversarial emulation exercise. In addition to our client-facing activities, you will be expected to engage and contribute to research and development projects into new attack tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) as well. Our Offensive security team values teamwork and cohesion and operates under a "can you do the job, will you do the job, and will you fit in" model. We believe passion in security is paramount and those who strive to improve their knowledge in this field will grow quickly in our practice.Work will be performed in a consultative manner with clients of various industries, sizes, and makeup.**_ What You Will Do (Responsibilities)_**:- Assist in executing security assessments and audits to include, penetration testing (internal, external, web, wireless, physical), adversarial emulation exercises (red teams), social engineering exercises, and other offensive security-related exercises to improve a client's overall security posture.- Build and maintain technical knowledge of adversarial activity to emulate similar TTPs during security assessments.- Use resourceful thinking to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities usually missed by automated tools- Contribute detail-oriented documentation on findings, observations, remediation steps, and/or mitigation recommendations in the form of Word and/or PowerPoint reports.- Find ways to improve your tradecraft and knowledge in the adversarial simulation space- Provide innovative techniques and perspectives to continually enhance internal processes and capabilities- Contribute to internal research projects- Assist leadership with the creation of proposals, work plans, and other business development efforts- Produce thought leadership for the organization's website blog on a regular basis- Actively be involved in the cybersecurity community**_Requirements_**:- University degree in a relevant IT or Cyber Security field- Internship experience in relevant field preferred. Upcoming college graduate will be considered to start part time and transition to full time upon graduation.- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail in the technical space- Basic knowledge of Linux (Debian preferred) and Windows operating systems