Nickolas J. Baker

SecOps Engineer. Retired Veteran. U.S. Army Warrant. OG San Jose Sharks fan. Gamer.

[Nickolas J. Baker @njbaker7]

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[Nickolas J. Baker @njbaker7]

#Adapt26

[Nashville Zoo @NashvilleZoo]

On Thursday, we asked our community to stand with Nashville Zoo in protecting the animals, habitats and future of the Zoo from a proposed data center next door.

Please keep sharing and contact your local representatives ➡️ https://t.co/q2ISQnxLBK

[Nickolas J. Baker @njbaker7]

Adapt in Action will be on June 9 at Union Station in D.C. — a full day focused on cyber resilience, asset visibility, Zero Trust, AI-driven operations, and actionable security strategy for Federal, SLED, and Enterprise environments. #cyber

Register here: https://t.co/yQVn1xG8Fy

[Nickolas J. Baker @njbaker7]

@Mr_JTT I generally keep only max potion and max revives, if I need space I dump regular balls. I keep all berries only because I don’t have the platinum medal yet. I keep evo items to 20 each.

[GitHub @github]

We are investigating unauthorized access to GitHub’s internal repositories. While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHub’s internal repositories (such as our customers’ enterprises, organizations, and repositories), we are closely monitoring our infrastructure for follow-on activity.

[Devon Kerr @_devonkerr_]

I opened a role for a manager reporting to me, focused on detection engineering and threat hunting. Before I post the link, here are the inflexible criteria:
- US-based
- detection engineering expertise in data-constrained environments
- leadership of high-performing teams

[Cthulhu ( ;,;) @Cthulhu_Answers]

CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github https://t.co/8L1BbCskuR

[Nickolas J. Baker @njbaker7]

Looking for a friend to build levels for an armored mewtwo. #pokemongo @LeekDuck

[John Hultquist @JohnHultquist]

If you've been laid off from a cyber threat intel position and would like to come to @SLEUTHCON this year, please reach out.

[LTCards @LTCards9]

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[Nickolas J. Baker @njbaker7]

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[Purple Feebas - 紫色のヒンバス @PurpleFeebas]

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[John Hultquist @JohnHultquist]

Google Threat Intelligence Group is dropping our latest AI Threat Tracker report today, which covers several threats we are watching through a variety of means. The report includes some details of the first 0day exploit we've found developed with AI. 1/x https://t.co/klvOrX31xv

[Jamie Levy🦉 @gleeda]

I have an open spot on my team for a Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst here at @HuntressLabs !

You will be able to help lay the foundation for our CTI program going forward. We have a lot of interesting telemetry and some hard problems to solve:

https://t.co/lMkXG6tUJ0

[Blue Team News @blueteamsec1]

Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha https://t.co/GmI6Ry7TPV #Security #Microsoft

[Nickolas J. Baker @njbaker7]

@Threadscenes 30

[mrredpillz jokaqarmy @JOKAQARMY1]

2027 car surveillance goes live.

[mthcht @mthcht2]

Launching https://t.co/Z3gUh4OCOA
Look up any OAuth app ID and find out what it actually is across thousands of legitimate, risky, and malicious apps (Entra, Google, GitHub).
Multiple feeds, API, detection ideas and remediation guidance. Still improving the detections a bit 🦾

[Nick VanGilder @nickvangilder]

Every week I share a curated list of red team-specific jobs (or similar/adjacent) that caught my attention. My goal is simple: help job hunters in the offensive security space find a red team-specific role.

🏛 Company + Role: Target, Director of Red Team
👀 Quick Insights: Remote (Brooklyn Park, MN), Internal team, People leader, Owns full Red Team program strategy and execution, adversary emulation in production environments, tight integration with CTI and incident response, up to 4x/yr travel to HQ
💰 Comp: $168k-$303k/yr + benefits
🎯 Apply Here: https://t.co/0LxsIBVJSw
✏️ Notes: Stand out by demonstrating program ownership at scale: strategy, tradecraft maturity, and measurable defensive improvements. Experience leading red team operators and translating offensive findings into executive-level risk narratives == differentiators. CTI integration experience is a strong plus

🏛 Company + Role: Capital One, Purple Team Manager
👀 Quick Insights: Hybrid (McLean, VA; Plano, TX; Richmond, VA), Internal team, People leader, Purple team role bridging offensive and defensive ops, adversary simulation deconstruction, detection gap analysis, big data log analytics
💰 Comp: $179k-$226k/yr + bonus + equity + benefits
🎯 Apply Here: https://t.co/IXuiEq7sD3
✏️ Notes: Stand out by demonstrating the ability to deconstruct adversary simulations into durable detection improvements. EDR telemetry analysis, big data tooling (Databricks/Spark), and scripting chops are explicitly called out. Offensive security background combined with detection engineering experience is the sweet spot for this role

🏛 Company + Role: Okta, Senior Product Security Engineer, Red Team
👀 Quick Insights: Hybrid (Toronto, ON, Canada), Internal team, Individual contributor, Infrastructure/tooling engineer embedded in red team, NOT an operator role, IaC + C2 infra ownership, OPSEC-focused
💰 Comp: $141k-$193/yr + equity + bonus + benefits
🎯 Apply Here: https://t.co/sgiuMdBZCE
✏️ Notes: Stand out by showcasing Terraform-driven red team infra builds and custom tooling development. C2 deployment experience and OPSEC-aware architecture (redirectors, traffic shaping, domain management) will set you apart. Role skews engineering over ops, so emphasize automation maturity and code quality.

🏛 Company + Role: State Street, Red Team Lead Engineer
👀 Quick Insights: Onsite (Boston, MA), Internal team, Individual contributor, Intel-driven AdSim across enterprise apps, cloud, and critical infra, strong purple team/detection improvement focus
💰 Comp: $120k-$203k/yr + bonus + benefits
🎯 Apply Here: https://t.co/TlT7aUNoX2
✏️ Notes: Stand out by demonstrating end-to-end red team op ownership with measurable detection/response improvements, plus experience translating technical findings into business risk for executive audiences. Leadership experience mentoring operators and producing high-quality AARs will carry weight here

🏛 Company + Role: TransUnion, Advisor, Red Team
👀 Quick Insights: Hybrid (Chicago, IL; Reston, VA; Crum Lynne, PA; Greenwood Village, CO; Boca Raton, FL), Internal team, Individual contributor, Full-scope threat emulation including red team, purple team, and pentest, hands-on operator
💰 Comp: $113k-$188k/yr + bonus + benefits
🎯 Apply Here: https://t.co/sIbKtZdVBc
✏️ Notes: Stand out by demonstrating custom tooling development and the ability to write clear, executive-ready reports. OSCP/OSCE a strong plus

🏛 Company + Role: Google, Software Engineer, Adversarial ML, Red Team
👀 Quick Insights: Onsite (New York, NY), Internal team, Individual contributor, Adversarial ML red team role attacking Google's AI/ML deployments, builds red team tooling and infra, collaborates with blue and product teams on defense in depth
💰 Comp: $147k-$211k/yr + equity + bonus + benefits
🎯 Apply Here: https://t.co/OOgxrPm6Zf
✏️ Notes: Stand out by demonstrating hands-on adversarial ML experience: model evasion, data poisoning, prompt injection, or similar attack classes. Ability to build red team tooling and communicate attack impact to both technical + executive audiences will be key. Research background or PhD a strong plus

🏛 Company + Role: DoorDash, Engineering Manager, Red Team
👀 Quick Insights: Remote (US), Internal team, People leader, Full adversary simulation lifecycle ownership, cloud-native offensive ops across a multi-sided marketplace, custom tooling + C2 infra direction, purple team integration
💰 Comp: $194k-$285k/yr + equity + benefits
🎯 Apply Here: https://t.co/iKd1yJcnTv
✏️ Notes: Stand out w/ past experience operating red teams at a marketplace, fintech, or logistics company at scale.

🏛 Company + Role: Microsoft, Principal Software Engineering Manager, Red Team Intelligence
👀 Quick Insights: Remote (US, multiple locations), Internal team, People leader, Leads intelligence analytics sub-team within Microsoft Red Team, NOT an operator role, security graph tooling + data analysis focus, lateral movement path modeling, risk quantification
💰 Comp: $140k-$305k/yr + equity + bonus + benefits
🎯 Apply Here: https://t.co/kPPWL9CPtK
✏️ Notes: Stand out by combining people leadership experience with security graph or red team intelligence background

[Nickolas J. Baker @njbaker7]

F!cking @espn You do realize the Masters is still on?!?!?