Director, Security Research
Core
Lead the Threat Research Team focusing on AI security research, including attacks on models/agents and AI-driven research methods.
Role type
Director, Security Research (AI Security)
Builds
Detection content for Sysdig customers and the Falco open-source project
Domain
Cloud Security, AI Security, Threat Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
AI security research, adversarial ML, agentic tool misuse, prompt-layer attacks, model supply chain security, syscall-level analysis, Kubernetes internals, detection engineering, team leadership, open-source stewardship
Preferred skills
APT adversary experience, MITRE ATLAS/OWASP Top 10 for LLMs/NIST AI RMF framework experience, public research publication record
Technologies
Falco, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud platforms, AI/ML frameworks
Responsibilities
Oversee Threat Research end-to-end including agenda, roadmap, and budget; Build AI security capabilities against model/agent abuse; Lead a small team of researchers and engineers hands-on; Own detection content quality and rule sets; Run adversarial validation on shipped detections; Own the detection platform and toolchain; Publish original research and CVEs; Partner with Marketing, Sales Engineering, and Product Engineering
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution