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Job Summary:
WRITER is seeking a Detection and Response Engineer to defend their AI/AGI platforms against sophisticated threats. This role involves designing advanced detections, automating responses, and leading investigations into incidents affecting their AI systems.
Responsibilities:
Engineer advanced threat detection Design and implement detections for AI/ML-specific threats including prompt injection, model extraction, data poisoning, and adversarial inputs.
Automate security responses Build playbooks and orchestration workflows that contain AI-targeted attacks in minutes, not hours.
Lead AI incident response Coordinate cross-team investigations into compromises of models, training data, and inference endpoints.
Hunt for AI-specific threats Proactively search for active attacks across GPU clusters, training pipelines, and model deployments.
Enhance visibility & telemetry Onboard, optimize, and analyze logging from AI infrastructure to detect anomalies and misuse.
Collaborate across domains Partner with AI Security on threat intelligence, Cloud/Infrastructure on runtime monitoring, and Software Security Engineering on customer-impacting incidents.
Qualifications:
Required:
8+ years in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response.
3+ years securing AI/ML infrastructure or high-performance computing environments.
Proven ability to detect and stop sophisticated attacks.
Experience with distributed systems, GPU cluster security, and cloud-native monitoring.
Proficiency with SIEM platforms and detection technologies.
Strong programming skills in Python, KQL, SPL, or similar.
Deep understanding of AI/ML attack vectors such as adversarial examples, model inversion, and membership inference.
Experience securing training pipelines, model deployments, and sensitive research environments.
Knowledge of GPU computing security challenges.
Hands-on forensics experience in distributed or cloud-based systems.
Demonstrated success in building detections for novel, AI-specific attack techniques.
History of safeguarding high-value intellectual property.
Proven record of automating incident response at scale.
Track record of uncovering critical security gaps through proactive threat hunting.
Preferred:
Background in AI/ML engineering or research.
Experience with AI safety and AI/ML security research.
Familiarity with APT tactics targeting AI companies.
Contributions to the AI security research community.
Experience with confidential computing or secure enclaves.
Company:
Over the years Writer Corporation has evolved from being a single service operation to a leading multi-business enterprise with over 9000+ employees across geographies with a single goal to consistently meet and exceed our customer's expectations through premium quality services. Founded in 1953, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, IND, team size 5001-10000 employees, currently Late Stage. Writer Corporation has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
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