Senior Security Researcher AI
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Job Summary
Who is Tenable
Tenable is the Exposure Management company. 44000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. Our global employees support 65 percent of the Fortune 500 45 percent of the Global 2000 and large government agencies. Come be part of our journey!
What makes Tenable such a great place to work
Ask a member of our team and theyll answer Our people! We work together to build and innovate best-in-class cybersecurity solutions for our customers; all while creating a culture of belonging respect and excellence where we can be our best selves. When youre part of our #OneTenable team you can expect to partner with some of the most talented and passionate people in the industry and have the support and resources you need to do work that truly matters. We deliver results that exceed expectations and we win together!
Your Opportunity:
Tenable Cloud Security is seeking a Senior Security Researcher - AI Security to join our highly technical product research team working at the core of our cloud security is a rare opportunity to define a new discipline. AI security is an emerging field with few established playbooks and you will help write this role you will own the research direction for AI security across Tenables platform uncovering novel risks in AI-native systems and translating that knowledge into product capabilities and industry-leading research. Youll be surrounded by experienced researchers and engineers who live and breathe security with the space and backing to do original work in a domain that is rapidly evolving.
Were looking for an exceptional security researcher who can navigate ambiguity think like an attacker and bring clarity to a space that lacks it. Youre curious technically deep and energized by the challenge of defining risk in systems that are still being understood.
Your Role:
- Be at the forefront of an emerging discipline. Conduct technical analysis of AI frameworks services and architectures to discover novel risks vulnerabilities and attack vectors before they become industry-wide problems .
- Define AI security risk by analyzing how exposure is created and exploited in AI systems. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate AI research into product findings.
- Evaluate the risk of pre-trained models vector databases and orchestration frameworks (e.g. LangChain LlamaIndex) to define how shadow AI creates organizational exposure.
- Author blogs whitepapers and technical advisories that set the industry narrative. Present original research at leading conferences and serve as Tenables external voice on AI risk topics.
- Analyze AI systems from an attackers perspective to define trust boundaries map attack techniques and identify exploitable paths. Translate findings into product features and outbound research.
- Investigate and analyze AI infrastructures and services to find 0-day vulnerabilities security holes weaknesses and design flaws
What Youll Need:
- 5 years of experience in security research vulnerability research or offensive security
- Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications (prompt injection data poisoning system prompt leakage)
- Ability to analyze complex systems from an attackers perspective identify weaknesses and exploit them
- Strong understanding of AI systems frameworks and deployment patterns with proven ability to exploit them
- Proven track record of novel complex security research in cloud security or application security with published work (blogs papers conference presentations)
- Highly motivated curious and comfortable navigating unknown territory
- Strong communication skills written and verbal with the ability to articulate novel risks and technical findings clearly
And Ideally:
- Experience discovering and disclosing vulnerabilities (CVEs bug bounty responsible disclosure)
- Experience analyzing systems for data leakage or unintended information exposure
- Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and cloud security concepts
- Experience tracking the evolving AI ecosystem and translating new developments into security research
Were committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Tenable - through all equal employment opportunity laws and regulations at the international federal state and local levels. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process please contact for further assistance.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Arm
- Machine Learning
- AI
- C/C++
- R
- Clinical Trials
- Experience Administering Injections
- Research Experience
- Research & Development
- Assembly
- Semantic Web
- Vulnerability Research
About Company
Tenable®, Inc. is the Cyber Exposure company. Over 30,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. As the creator of Nessus®, Tenable extended its expertise in vulnerabilities to deliver the world’s first platform to see and secure any digita ... View more
