We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced Cyber Security Experts to contribute to high-impact technical projects involving threat analysis, incident response, attack simulation, and structured security evaluation workflows.

This role supports current and upcoming remote consulting opportunities focused on structured technical workflows, security analysis, technical evaluation, and high-quality project execution. Selected professionals will apply their real-world defensive and offensive security expertise to assess complex cyber threats, evaluate investigative and adversarial workflows, follow technical instructions with precision, and contribute to high-quality technical deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

Professionals in this role may contribute to:

Blue Team / Defensive Security

• Investigate and analyze security incidents such as phishing, ransomware, lateral movement, and privilege escalation
• Review telemetry and logs from SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewall, cloud, and identity platforms
• Classify adversary activity using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
• Evaluate detection rules, alert quality, triage workflows, and response strategies
• Assess the technical accuracy of threat investigations and security analysis outputs

Red Team / Offensive Security

• Analyze full attack chains including initial access, persistence, privilege escalation, and data exfiltration
• Simulate attacker behavior to identify detection gaps and evasion techniques
• Evaluate exploit techniques, payload behavior, and adversary tactics
• Stress-test systems and workflows using realistic red-team scenarios

Security Evaluation

• Provide structured reasoning explaining investigative and adversarial decisions
• Identify weaknesses in threat analysis and security workflows
• Contribute insights that help improve security evaluation benchmarks and technical review standards

Ideal Profile

Strong candidates may have:

• 5+ years of professional cybersecurity experience
• Experience in roles such as:
  • SOC Analyst (Level II/III)
  • Incident Responder
  • Threat Hunter
  • Detection Engineer
  • Red Team Operator / Penetration Tester
  • Offensive Security Consultant
• Hands-on experience responding to real-world security incidents

Technical Skills

Blue Team

• Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, or Elastic
• Experience with EDR/XDR tools such as CrowdStrike, Defender, or Carbon Black
• Log analysis and event correlation
• Network traffic analysis using Wireshark, Zeek, or tcpdump
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK frameworks

Red Team

• Penetration testing methodologies
• Adversary emulation and attack simulation
• Experience with frameworks such as Metasploit or Cobalt Strike
• Privilege escalation and lateral movement techniques
• Attack surface analysis and evasion methods

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as:
  • OSCP, OSEP, CRTO
  • GCIA, GCFA, GCIH
  • CISSP
• Experience mentoring security analysts or red team members
• Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash

Why This Opportunity

• Apply real-world offensive and defensive security expertise to high-impact technical work
• Contribute to threat analysis, incident response, and security evaluation workflows
• Help improve the quality and reliability of security-focused technical deliverables
• Flexible remote work with competitive hourly compensation

Contract Details

• Independent contractor role
• Fully remote with flexible scheduling
• Compensation: $85–$110 per hour
• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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