Lead Defensive Content Engineer

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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, one of the main types of content your team will be creating.

Learn all about Sherlocks, one of the main types of content produced by the wider Defensive Team. 

Please, keep in mind that for this kind of position, we usually give some priority to individuals who have submitted content in the past or can showcase some related work they've engineered. So, if you have engineered offensive or defensive content for CTFs or other learning environments, make sure to share with us some details, including writeups, along with your application. 

The adventures that await you after becoming a Lead Defensive Content Engineer at Hack The Box:

• Spearhead the development of highly engaging, complex live-fire cyber ranges and immersive hunting labs, delivering high-impact, real-world defensive training for top-tier enterprise customers.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of talented content engineers to achieve excellence in defensive content creation.
• Drive innovation in defensive training by collaborating on and testing cutting-edge content formats, including helping the wider Defensive Content team with advanced Sherlocks, competitive CTFs, and demanding Pro Labs scenarios.
• Conduct deep, proactive research into emerging vulnerabilities, sophisticated exploits, adversary TTPs, and evolving threat actor profiles to ensure our defensive content remains acutely relevant and cutting-edge.
• Pioneer new and creative defensive techniques and countermeasures, constantly challenging and significantly elevating our players' readiness and skill set against modern cyber threats.

Skills, knowledge, and experience points required to unlock the role of Lead Defensive Content Engineer at Hack The Box:

• Expert proficiency with Defensive security tooling (e.g., SIEM, EDR, Wireshark, Volatility, Autopsy, IDA) as well as 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

Bonus points: 

• 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

What your Hack The Box adventure will have in store: 

• You'll have the exhilarating opportunity to contribute to a product that is highly appreciated by users and the cybersecurity community at large
• You'll experience a highly supportive and caring environment, fostering growth, flexibility, and autonomy
• You'll embark on an exciting journey of continuous learning and problem-solving, leveling up as our organization grows
• Most importantly, you'll have a blast at HTB because fun is an essential ingredient in our recipe for success! Just wait until you see our global meet-ups! 

 The gems you’ll be enjoying as a Lead Defensive Content Engineer:

• Private health care
• Paid paternity leave
• 25 annual leave days
• Free lunch & snacks at the office
• 120€ Ticket Restaurant by Edenred
• Dedicated budget for training and professional development, participation in conferences
• Full access to the Hack The Box lab offerings; so you can learn how to hack
• State-of-the-art equipment (mac, iPhone, and mobile plan)
• Flexible WFH (Hybrid Model) - Fully Remote is also an option if you're not an Attica resident

Our benefits package is designed to provide strong support to our team, but it may vary depending on location and type of employment (e.g., UK, Greece, or engagement through an Employer of Record).

The Quest of Becoming Hack The Box’s Lead Defensive Content Engineer:

• Level 1: To complete level one’s objective, submit your application. 
• Level 2: Meet the Talent Acquisition team. Level’s objective: highlight your past achievements, ambitions, and values.
• Level 3: Meet the hiring team. Level’s objective: connect with the hiring team and share with them your achievements. 
• Level 4: Complete an assignments that align with day-to-day job-related tasks and responsibilities. Part of the assignment is discussing it with the hiring team in a debriefing session, in order to walk the team through your thinking process. 
• Level 5: Congratulations! Not many reach this level . Level’s objective: have a constructive, final conversation with senior leadership to explore the role and your future at HTB. 
• Level 6: You've officially received an offer from HTB! To complete the last level and the Quest, all you need to do is accept the offer. 
• Quest complete. Congratulations, you’re officially one of us Your next quest: complete the onboarding.
  

Hack Your Career, Today. Join us in this epic adventure of cybersecurity at Hack The Box!

At Hack The Box, we are on a quest to find the most exceptional and enthusiastic talent to join our team. Whether or not you consider yourself a gamer, we value what makes you unique and want to know more about you. This job post provides just a glimpse of the incredible gamified experience our business and consumer customers enjoy through our platforms. So, if you're ready to embark on a journey of growth and adventure, we can't wait to meet you!

Hack The Box is the Cyber Performance Center with the mission to provide a human-first platform to create and maintain high-performing cybersecurity individuals and organizations. 

Hack The Box is the only platform that unites upskilling, workforce development, and the human focus in the cybersecurity industry, and it’s trusted by organizations worldwide for driving their teams to peak performance. Offering an all-in-one environment for continuous growth, assessment, and recruitment, Hack The Box provides solutions for all cybersecurity domains. 

Launched in 2017, Hack The Box brings together the largest global cybersecurity community of more than 3 million platform members. Rapidly growing its international footprint and reach, Hack The Box is headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in the US, Australia, and Greece.

Exciting News:

• Get the most important updates on HTB’s latest year!
• We are super proud to share that HTB’s all three entities across the UK, US, and Greece have been Certified as a Great Place to Work (Oct 2023-Oct 2024). 
• Furthermore, in 2024 the HTB's Greek entity has been listed by the Great Place to Work Institute as the #2 Best Workplace in Greece and #10 Best Workplace in Europe (among Small & Medium Workplaces).
• Take a sneak peek at how it is to be part of HTB and our 2023 Global Retreat. Get more insights about our HTB culture and employee experience by visiting the “about us” section of our site, our career site, and Glassdoor.

At Hack The Box, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We believe that diversity enriches our performance, services, and the communities we serve. As such, we ensure that all job applications are considered solely based on merit, skills, and qualifications. We do not discriminate on grounds of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We are dedicated to providing a fair and respectful work environment that reflects our values.