Red Team Security Engineer

Remote

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>

Who we are:</strong></p> <p>Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.</p> <p>Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.</p> <p>Visit <a href="http://gomotive.com">gomotive.com</a> to learn more.</p></div><div> <h3><strong>

About

the Role:</strong></h3> </div> <p>As a Red Team Security Engineer you will be a key member of the Product Security Team. You will be the primary Security partner for software and engineering teams focusing on evaluating security posture across the organization. The Red Team Engineer will be responsible for conducting adversary emulation and offensive security assessments across cloud environments while driving remediation efforts of issues.</p> <h3><strong>

What You'll Do:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Plan and execute red team operations, adversary simulations, and targeted security assessments focused on cloud environments.</li> <li>Evaluate the security of cloud infrastructure, identity architectures, CI/CD pipelines, containerized workloads, and cloud-native services.</li> <li>Identify and validate attack paths involving IAM misconfigurations, overprivileged roles, secrets exposure, metadata abuse, insecure automation, and weaknesses in cloud service configurations.</li> <li>Assess detection and response coverage by exercising logging, alerting, monitoring, and incident response processes in partnership with blue team and detection engineering functions.</li> <li>Track emerging attacker techniques, cloud exploitation trends, and new abuse paths relevant to modern enterprise environments.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>

What We're Looking For:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience in offensive security, red teaming, penetration testing, and detection validation </li> <li>Familiarity with attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, and the ability to map findings to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.</li> <li>Ability to write concise, actionable reports and communicate complex technical issues to diverse stakeholders</li> <li>Relevant industry certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, GXPN, GPEN, or cloud security certifications.</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p class="p1"><strong><em>Pay Transparency</em></strong></p> <p class="p1"><em>Your

compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total

compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers

benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care

benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all

benefits are subject to eligibility

requirements). Learn more about our

benefits by visiting</em><a href="https://www.comparably.com/companies/motive/

perks-and-

benefits"><span class="s1"><em> Motive

Perks &

Benefits</em></span></a>.</p> <p class="p1">The

compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the

compensation range is:</p></div><div class="title">Canada</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$146,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$190,000 CAD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><em>Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. </em></p> <p><em>Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X9AbvQHki8zZCyjDjip1g0NtdZHcykJc/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">here</a>.</em></p> <p><em>UK Candidate Privacy Notice <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nqdWTJ7WJJikhj1Yhlo4jxDRA_6yXZbd/view">here</a>.</em></p> <p><em><span id="m_-8012333603671085849gmail-docs-internal-guid-8821a356-7fff-42cb-93df-e4c910033371">The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. </span>It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology. </em></p> <p><em>All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.</em></p></div>

About Motive

Motive develops technology that connects and automates physical operations for businesses across various industries. The company provides a platform that combines telematics, fleet management, compliance tools, equipment monitoring, and AI-powered safety solutions. Its products help companies track vehicles, monitor driver behavior, automate workflows, and ensure regulatory compliance through real-time data and analytics. Motive also offers integrated solutions for spend management and maintenance, enabling businesses to control costs and improve operational efficiency. The platform supports diverse sectors including trucking, construction, oil and gas, and agriculture by centralizing data and enabling actionable insights. Through automation and visibility, Motive helps organizations optimize asset utilization and enhance decision-making in day-to-day operations.

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Job details

Salary

CA$146,000 - CA$190,000

Location

Remote

Company

NameMotive
IndustryApps
Team Size5

Funding

Total raised

$717M

Last stage

Series F

Investors

Kleiner Perkins
Insight Partners
IVP
Index Ventures
GGreenoaks Capital

Founders

SM

Shoaib Makani

Co-Founder & CEO

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RJ

Ryan Johns

Co-Founder

Obaid Khan

Obaid Khan

Co-Founder (former COO, current Board Member)

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02

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03

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