Careers

Do work you can be proud of.

Alpha Defense is a small, senior team that has spent two decades finding what others miss. We are deliberately boutique: no layers, no bureaucracy, and no tolerance for mediocre work. If that sounds like your kind of place, we would like to meet you.

Open positions

Join a team that does the real work.

Three open roles, on the offensive side and the growth side. The common thread: no layers, no scripts, and a senior leading every engagement. Our sales is consultative and technical by design, so the people who reach us get a real conversation, not a screen.

Senior Penetration Tester

Full-time Devens, MA area preferred (remote considered for the right person)

Do the work that actually finds what others miss. You will lead full-scope offensive engagements end to end, the senior who runs the engagement and owns the outcome, with no checklist to hide behind. This is a role where your judgment is the product.

What you’ll do

  • Lead engagements yourself: web and API, internal and external network, cloud, and where it fits, mobile
  • Go past the scanner: exploit business-logic flaws, chain low-severity issues into real attack paths, and prove impact
  • Write reports a CISO and an engineer can both act on, with proof-of-concept evidence and honest severity
  • Use our in-house AI tooling (Argus) to cover ground faster, so your hours go to the work only a human can do
  • Help shape how we test, and mentor as we grow, without the firm ever becoming a body shop

What you’ll bring

  • Several years of hands-on offensive security, with real manual depth, not just running tools
  • Genuine skill with authorization flaws, business logic, and chaining, the findings scanners miss
  • Certifications like OSCP, OSCE, or OSEP are welcome; demonstrated ability matters more
  • Bonus depth in IoT, embedded, hardware, or AI and LLM security, areas we go where most firms cannot
  • A clear writer who can make a finding land for executives and engineers alike

What we offer

  • You lead the engagements you are on, with support when useful and no corners cut
  • Real variety and depth, not the same scoped scan on repeat
  • AI that amplifies your work instead of replacing your judgment
  • Autonomy and direct work with the founder; your name is on the engagement, not a cover page
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Senior Sales Lead / Founding Account Executive

Full-time Devens, MA area preferred (hybrid considered)

Build our go-to-market from the ground up, the consultative way. You will own the full cycle, from finding the right technical buyers to scoping six-figure engagements with our engineers and closing them, and define how a 20-year-old elite boutique sells for its next decade. This is a trust-led, technical sale, not a volume game.

What you’ll do

  • Own the full cycle: outreach, real discovery, scoping alongside our engineers, proposal, close
  • Sell consultatively to CISOs, CTOs, and compliance leaders across finance, healthcare, SaaS, and technology
  • Get fluent enough in offensive security to be genuinely useful in a technical conversation
  • Grow our partner and white-label channel alongside direct sales
  • Build and lead the growth team as the pipeline matures

What you’ll bring

  • 5+ years selling cybersecurity or comparable technical services, with a record you can show
  • Comfortable selling scoped, consultative engagements rather than shrink-wrapped product
  • Willing to go deep on the technical side; credible in the room with a CISO and a hands-on engineer
  • Able to operate without a playbook, then write the playbook

What we offer

  • Competitive base plus uncapped commission with founding-seat upside
  • A 20-year track record, marquee-grade references, and real differentiation to sell
  • Direct partnership with the founder; you set strategy, not just quota
  • The chance to build the program your way and own its results
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Business Development Representative

Full-time Devens, MA area preferred (hybrid considered)

Start real conversations with the people who need us. This is not a script-and-dial role: our buyers are technical, so the outreach has to be thoughtful and the conversation has to be substantive. We will teach you the craft deeply enough to hold your own, and bring an engineer in the moment things get deep.

What you’ll do

  • Reach the right technical buyers, CISOs, CTOs, and engineering leaders, with personal, specific outreach
  • Start genuine conversations rather than reading a pitch, and pull an engineer in when depth is needed
  • Go deep on offensive security, deep enough that prospects take you seriously
  • Keep the pipeline honest in the CRM and share what is and is not working
  • Help refine how we reach buyers as we grow

What you’ll bring

  • Some outbound or business-development experience, or the drive and coachability to get there fast
  • Not afraid of getting very technical; genuinely curious about how attackers think
  • A strong writer who can be specific and personal, not generic
  • Organized, self-directed, and honest about pipeline reality

What we offer

  • Competitive base plus uncapped commission
  • You will actually learn offensive security, not just sell it
  • Direct mentorship from the founder; your work is seen and your ideas count
  • Room to grow into closing or technical roles as the program scales
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Don’t see your role? We’re always interested in exceptional offensive-security engineers. Introduce yourself at careers@alphadefense.com.

Alpha Defense is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic.