The Hartford
Associate Software Engineer - Red Team Engineer
About this role
The Hartford is an insurance company, and this role is in its offensive security team at the India centre in Puppalaguda. The engineer supports adversary simulation exercises mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, working under senior Red Team operators. Work includes executing scoped attack simulations, collecting evidence, maintaining lab environments and documenting findings. The role also uses LLMs to support authorized offensive operations and to test LLM-enabled systems. It suits people with 1 to 3 years of offensive security or penetration testing experience.
The Hartford is hiring for Associate Software Engineer - Red Team Engineer, a full-time role based in Hyderabad.
Who can apply: 1-3 years. Skills: Python, PowerShell, MITRE ATT&CK, Cloud Security, Penetration Testing.
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What you'll do
- Assist in planning and executing approved adversary simulation exercises across endpoints, identity, applications and cloud
- Map procedures and findings to MITRE ATT&CK
- Collect command output, screenshots, logs and timelines so findings are reproducible
- Help maintain lab environments, test infrastructure and approved tooling
- Use LLMs for authorized offensive security work and assess LLM-enabled systems for weaknesses
- Document lessons learned and work within defined scope and engagement rules
What you need
- 1 to 3 years in offensive security, penetration testing, Red Team or adversary simulation
- Working knowledge of Windows and Linux internals, cloud security, AI/LLM and at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Practical familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK
- Scripting experience in PowerShell, Python, Go, Rust or C#
- Clear technical writing and evidence handling
- Experience managing automated security testing tools
- OSCP, CRTO/CRTP or similar certifications are nice to have
- Location
- Hyderabad
- Work mode
- See listing
- Experience
- 1-3 years
- Pay
- ₹10–18 LPA (Est.)
- Type
- Full-time job, Developer
- Added
- 27 October 2026
- Apply by
- 20 November 2026
Skills
- Python
- PowerShell
- MITRE ATT&CK
- Cloud Security
- Penetration Testing
"Est." = Hirastra's estimate based on market data, not an official figure.
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