Aquanow, a leading infrastructure and liquidity provider that provides institutional and enterprise application platforms for digital assets, is looking for a Staff Offensive Security Engineer to join our security team. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside a highly-experienced team and contribute to the development of a high-growth trading and technology company.

If you want to have your name in the success story of a globalizing company, we look forward to receiving your application to the winning Aquanow team! What You’ll Do:

Plan and execute red team operations, adversarial simulations, and penetration tests across applications, infrastructure, networks, offices, and internal processes.

Serve as a subject matter expert by documenting findings, recommending remediation strategies, and supporting teams through fixes.

Perform threat modeling for new and existing services, clearly articulating security risks and tradeoffs to engineering and risk stakeholders.

Conduct vulnerability research, exploit development, and testing using both custom tooling and public proof-of-concept techniques.

Partner with detection and response teams to simulate realistic attack scenarios and evaluate monitoring and incident response readiness.

Write and maintain tooling to automate and scale offensive security assessments.

Mentor teammates and contribute to shared knowledge through internal documentation, presentations, and external talks or blog posts. You’ll Need to Have:

8+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming, offensive security, or penetration testing.





Demonstrated experience mentoring or guiding other security engineers.

Strong understanding of threat modeling methodologies and the MITRE ATT&CK; framework.

Experience testing modern environments, including cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), containerized systems (Docker, Kubernetes), CI pipelines, and identity systems.

Working knowledge of defensive security tools such as IDS/IPS, EDR, packet capture, and network monitoring, including common evasion techniques.

Proficiency in Python, Go, or JavaScript for exploit development, tooling, or automation.

Explicit written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings to both engineers and senior leaders.

Experience collaborating with distributed teams and documenting work through tools such as Slack, Jira, GitHub, and email.

Ability to work independently and solve problems. We’d Love to See:

Automation experience with AWS. Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Security - Specialty, CEH are highly desirable.

Experience in a global fast moving environment covering multiple time zones.

Familiarity with common security vulnerabilities and the ability to judge their severity and impact on the business.

Passion in all things security.

Stay updated with the latest security trends & AI technologies.

The Interview

Process

Stage 1: A 45-minute video call with the Security Manager Stage 2: A 60-minutes technical deep dive with the members of the Security team.

Stage 3: A 30-minute video call with the CISO

Stage 4: Potential follow up call

📌 Staff Offensive Security Engineer (India)
🏢 Aquanow
📍 India