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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days Nebius's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 9% of Nebius's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Nebius
- high 318 stale, 17 reposted of 384 open
- Hiring momentum
- 508 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
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About this role
As the Offensive Security Lead at Nebius, you will build and lead a red team responsible for penetration testing and adversarial simulations across the Nebius cloud platform. Your role involves designing and executing red team engagements, validating secure software development lifecycle models, and conducting research on novel attacks targeting cloud-native environments. You will also collaborate with other security teams to enhance detection capabilities and deliver actionable security reports to both technical teams and leadership.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Nebius as an employer.
What you need
- 6+ years in offensive security - penetration testing, red teaming, or adversary simulation
- 1-2 years leading or mentoring a team
- Deep experience attacking cloud-native environments: Kubernetes privilege escalation, cloud IAM abuse, virtualization and container escapes
- Strong fundamentals across the attack lifecycle: initial access, persistence, lateral movement, data exfiltration
- Proficiency developing custom tooling and post-exploitation capabilities (Python, Go, or similar)
- Experience running purple team exercises and working constructively with blue teams
Nice to have
- Experience attacking ML infrastructure, model serving pipelines, or GPU clusters
- Reverse engineering and exploits development experience
- Application security experience
- Familiarity with eBPF bypass techniques or kernel-level exploitation
- Background in vulnerability research or CVE discovery
What you get
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves building a team from scratch, which may come with challenges
- Focus on cutting-edge AI infrastructure may require continuous learning and adaptation
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Listed by Nebius on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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