Ethical Hacking Engineer | $10.5/hr | Remote

0 years

0 Lacs

Posted:1 day ago| Platform: Linkedin logo

Apply

Work Mode

Remote

Job Type

Contractual

Job Description

Position:

Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing Engineer

Type:

Hourly contract

Compensation:

$10.5/hour

Location:

India (Remote)

Commitment:

Minimum 10 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Design secure, sandboxed terminal-based environments that simulate real-world attack surfaces and vulnerabilities.
  • Create reproducible ethical hacking and penetration testing tasks involving reconnaissance, exploitation, and post-exploitation workflows.
  • Develop multi-stage challenges with clear objectives, flags, and success criteria for autonomous agents.
  • Build realistic scenarios covering port scanning, vulnerability analysis, exploit execution, privilege escalation, and remediation.
  • Collaborate with AI engineers to define challenge specifications, reward functions, difficulty tiers, and evaluation metrics.
  • Implement tooling for automated environment resets, exploit detection, logging, and output validation.
  • Continuously refine challenge realism, safety, and reproducibility across standalone and network-based scenarios.

Requirements

  • Professional experience in ethical hacking, penetration testing, or red teaming.
  • Proficiency with common offensive security tools such as Metasploit, Burp Suite, Nmap, Wireshark, John the Ripper, Hydra, or sqlmap.
  • Strong understanding of network security, web application vulnerabilities, OS-level exploits, and privilege escalation techniques.
  • Comfort working in Linux environments with terminal-based workflows and shell scripting.
  • Experience designing or solving CTF challenges, security labs, or real-world penetration testing scenarios.
  • Interest in evaluating autonomous agents on cybersecurity tasks across reconnaissance, exploitation, and recovery phases.
  • Ability to work independently and produce clean, reproducible technical environments.

Application Process (Takes 20 Min)

  • Upload resume
  • Interview (15 min)
  • Submit form

Mock Interview

Practice Video Interview with JobPe AI

Start Job-Specific Interview
cta

Start Your Job Search Today

Browse through a variety of job opportunities tailored to your skills and preferences. Filter by location, experience, salary, and more to find your perfect fit.

Job Application AI Bot

Job Application AI Bot

Apply to 20+ Portals in one click

Download Now

Download the Mobile App

Instantly access job listings, apply easily, and track applications.

coding practice

Enhance Your Skills

Practice coding challenges to boost your skills

Start Practicing Now
Crossing Hurdles logo
Crossing Hurdles

Consulting

Atlanta

RecommendedJobs for You