AI Security Researcher

IBM

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TL;DR · AI Security Researcher

As an AI Security Researcher within IBM Research, you will join a team of scientists and engineers dedicated to advancing fundamental science and publishing in top-tier journals while building next-generation solutions for real-world security challenges. You will design, implement, and analyze state-of-the-art tools and systems to improve security operations, specifically focusing on risk and threat analysis, vulnerability discovery, and agentic security. Your daily work involves researching novel techniques to secure agents against emerging threats and integrating research findings into product development. To succeed, you must possess strong development skills in Python, Rust, or TypeScript, alongside expertise in cybersecurity, network systems, and machine learning for security tasks like anomaly detection. You will address critical problems involving vulnerability triage, remediation, and the hardening of automated systems and software components.

What you'll do

  • Publish original research findings in top-tier journals and conferences.
  • Analyze network and system architectures to identify potential security threats.
  • Use automated techniques to discover, triage, and remediate software vulnerabilities.
  • Research and develop novel methods to secure AI agents against emerging threats.
  • Design and implement state-of-the-art tools to improve security operations.
  • Integrate research findings into product development to provide cutting-edge security features.
  • Apply machine learning techniques for anomaly detection and predictive modeling in security.

What we're looking for

  • Doctorate Degree (preferred).
  • Strong development experience with Python, Rust, TypeScript, or similar languages.
  • Experience in cybersecurity analysis of software and systems for vulnerabilities and threats.
  • Ability to collaborate with teams to integrate research results into product development.
  • Experience discovering, analyzing, and creating proofs for new vulnerabilities (preferred).
  • Experience working with threat intelligence platforms and tools to analyze and mitigate cyber threats (preferred).
  • Experience applying machine learning techniques to security problems like anomaly detection and predictive modeling (preferred).

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