AI Security Engineer

Microsoft

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted
27 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 6, 2027

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Below market

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 651 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · AI Security Engineer

JOB TITLE: AI Security Engineer The AI Security Engineer joins the Microsoft Red Team Strategic AI group to perform Cyber Capability Evaluation. This hands-on technical role involves implementing and executing evaluations of frontier AI models and agentic systems within realistic, controlled cyber environments. You will design and operate offensive cyber-capability evaluations, build realistic evaluation tasks for vulnerability analysis and exploit development, and execute controlled experiments to analyze model behavior. Key responsibilities include developing cyber ranges, vulnerable applications, and evaluation harnesses while applying security controls for sandboxing and secrets management. You will utilize Python, PyRIT, and adversarial-testing tools to investigate model trajectories. The role addresses the technical problem of determining how advanced AI systems increase offensive cyber capabilities through reasoning, coding, and autonomous execution across heterogeneous environments.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and operate offensive cyber-capability evaluations for various AI models.
  • Build and maintain realistic evaluation tasks for vulnerability analysis and exploit development.
  • Execute controlled experiments using AI models to collect reliable telemetry and document results.
  • Analyze model trajectories to distinguish between genuine cyber capabilities and evaluation artifacts.
  • Develop and maintain cyber ranges, vulnerable applications, and exploit-development targets.
  • Apply security controls for sandboxing, secrets management, and containment when testing autonomous AI systems.
  • Translate evaluation findings into security insights through reports, documentation, and briefings.

What we're looking for

  • Master's degree in a relevant field and 1+ year of experience, or a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience, or equivalent.
  • Ability to pass Microsoft background checks and meet government security screening requirements.
  • Proof of U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, or other protected status for export-controlled information access.
  • Programming ability, particularly in Python, with experience building automation, scripts, or security tooling (preferred).
  • Familiarity with large language models, generative AI systems, AI agents, or model APIs (preferred).
  • Experience in exploit development, vulnerability research, penetration testing, or red teaming (preferred).
  • Experience with cyber ranges, sandboxed execution, or cloud-based test infrastructure (preferred).
  • Experience designing controlled experiments and documenting technical findings (preferred).

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