Bohdan Lukin

Red Team · Offensive Security · Cloud

Bohdan Lukin

Chief Security Testing Engineer — Red Team Lead

10+ years breaking enterprise cloud, identity and applications — then showing teams how to defend them.

📍 Bratislava, Slovakia · Open to red team & offensive security roles

Security testing leader specializing in offensive security, cloud-native adversary simulation, and enterprise-scale penetration testing. I design and run multi-stage attack campaigns across AWS, Azure/Microsoft Entra and GCP, with deep expertise in AV/EDR-aware tradecraft, hybrid-identity exploitation and web/API/mobile assessment — paired with executive-ready risk communication.

Key figures

10+Years in offensive security
70+Red team engagements
25+Engineers mentored
30+Industry certifications

Experience

Chief Security Testing Engineer — Red Team Lead

Jan 2023 — Present

EPAM Systems · Bratislava, Slovakia (Hybrid)

  • Lead enterprise-scale Red Team operations, simulating advanced adversaries to assess detection & response for global technology, financial and healthcare clients.
  • Design and execute cloud attack chains across AWS, GCP and Azure — uncovering IAM misconfigurations, privilege-escalation paths and data-exposure risks.
  • Direct web, API and mobile testing against OWASP Top 10, OWASP API Security Top 10 and MASVS.
  • Advance adversary-simulation tradecraft: post-exploitation, persistence and AV/EDR evasion.
  • Mentor security engineers and deliver executive-ready reports translating findings into business risk.

Lead Security Testing Engineer — Red Team

Nov 2021 — Dec 2022

EPAM Systems · Bratislava, Slovakia

  • Coordinated Red Team engagements targeting hybrid infrastructures and cloud-native applications.
  • Built internal methodologies for privilege escalation, IAM exploitation and service-account abuse in GCP and Azure.
  • Ran purple-team exercises with client blue teams to validate detection & response.
  • Delivered remediation guidance aligned to MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP and NIST.

Penetration Tester

Apr 2026 — Present

UnderDefense · Remote (Part-time)

  • Deliver web, mobile and XR/VR application penetration testing for enterprise and product clients.
  • Perform cloud and network penetration testing for healthcare/medical customers and SaaS platform providers, in compliance-sensitive (HIPAA / SOC 2) environments.
  • Produce risk-based reports with developer-ready remediation aligned to OWASP, OWASP MASVS and NIST.

Senior Penetration Tester

Jan 2020 — Present

Sekurno · Remote (Part-time)

  • Penetration testing across web apps, APIs (REST, SOAP, GraphQL) and mobile (Android & iOS) — broken auth, insecure storage, authorization bypasses.
  • Cloud security reviews for AWS, GCP and Azure: IAM audits, misconfiguration checks, encryption-policy validation.
  • Kubernetes hardening (container isolation, network policies, RBAC) and smart-contract audits (Ethereum, BSC).

Penetration Tester

Sep 2020 — Nov 2021

Leviathan Security Group · Europe

  • Penetration testing of web, mobile and infrastructure systems across authentication, access control and API endpoints.
  • Applied OWASP methodologies (Top 10, API Security Top 10, MASVS); conducted AWS and GCP cloud assessments.

Security Engineer → Senior Penetration Tester

2018 — 2020

SoftServe · Lviv, Ukraine

  • Delivered web, API and infrastructure security assessments for enterprise-scale applications.
  • Specialized in injection flaws, authentication weaknesses and insecure data handling; integrated security into CI/CD.

Core Competencies

Cloud Offensive Security

AWS (IAM priv-esc, STS abuse, EKS/Lambda, S3), Azure/Entra (app registrations, managed identity, ARM), GCP (service-account & workload-identity abuse, GKE), hybrid-identity attacks.

Red Team & Tradecraft

C2 (Cobalt Strike, Brute Ratel, Sliver, Mythic, Covenant), AMSI/ETW evasion, living-off-the-land, cloud redirectors, DoH, MITRE ATT&CK.

Web, API & Mobile

OWASP Top 10, REST/SOAP/GraphQL API testing, WAF bypass, source-code review & static analysis, Android & iOS (MASVS).

Programming & Automation

Python (advanced, custom exploit dev), PowerShell, C# (.NET), Bash, JavaScript.

Certifications

30+ credentials — each card links to its verification source. Full wallets: credential.net ↗ · Zero-Point ↗ · OffSec ↗

Recognition & Speaking

2019

“Attacking Active Directory in Examples”

Conference talk — OWASP Lviv Chapter

2019

“WAF Bypass Techniques”

Technical workshop — OWASP Kyiv (Winter Meetup)

2019

Real-world Windows exploitation

Speaker — DC0844::BLACKOUT (DEF CON Group Kyiv)

Ongoing

OWASP Ukraine Chapter

Active community contributor & speaker

Ongoing

Technical mentor

Mentored 25+ security engineers

Credential

CREST Registered Penetration Tester

CRT · ID 45148981

Community & Education

OWASP Ukraine Chapter

Conference speaker and active contributor to cybersecurity education and awareness. Mentor for junior security professionals across the community.

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv — constitutional, criminal and administrative law; litigation practice and legal drafting.

Articles & Talks

LinkedIn activity ↗

Get in touch

Open to Red Team, offensive security and cloud security engagements.