The successful candidate will possess an effective aptitude in thinking like an adversary, security of operating systems, networking and protocols, firewalls, databases and middleware applications, forensics, scripting and programing, phishing, and the ability to mentor and lead junior technical testers and effectively translate highly technical information to internal customers in a way that supports VCS and broader Verizon goals. Expertise in Active Directory and Azure AD attacks, including advanced techniques like Kerberoasting, DCSync, Golden Ticket, and identity federation exploits.