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Cmu

Associate AI Red Team Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA, USA · Part-time

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About the role

  • Due to our unique position within the TA Directorate, the systems we red - team fall outside the realm of 'traditional' enterprise red teaming.
  • Our targets are commonly AI-enabled platforms used within national security contexts.
  • But this isn't a "make the LLM say the bad thing" type of AI red team.

Responsibilities

  • Red team real-world AI-enabled systems (both the model and the hardware/software/network that it runs on) in support of national security objectives.
  • Develop new tactics, techniques, and procedures for attacking AI-enabled systems and related software in order to better prepare defenders for real-world threats.
  • communicate with external mission partners and internal collaborators in concert with CERT directorates and teams.
  • Represent the CERT technical portfolio of work and operations; communicate with external mission partners and internal collaborators in concert with CERT directorates and teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a relevant technical discipline with three (3) years of relevant work experience
  • You have previous penetration testing, red teaming, or exploit development experience.
  • You have previous hands-on experience with at least one command and control framework (e.g., Cobalt Strike, Sliver).
  • You have experience programming/scripting in Python, C, and BASH ( without the assistance of AI) and are willing to learn PowerShell.
  • You have experience with reverse engineering tools ( e.g. NSA Ghidra, IDA Pro).
  • You are able to read code and quickly spot basic vulnerabilities without the assistance of AI or fuzzing.
  • You are very familiar with TCP/IP and all layers of the OSI model.
  • You have experience using Wireshark and can explain how common network protocols work.
  • You have experience in assessing the security of both Linux and Windows systems.
  • Experience with mobile ( e.g., Android) and other operations systems is also appreciated.

Compensation

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Benefits

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  • Other educational backgrounds of a technical nature with experience as described may be considered.

Company info

  • SEI conducts research and development in software engineering, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and many other areas of computing, working to introduce private-sector innovations into government. The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. Its core purposes are to help organizations improve software engineering capabilities, advance cybersecurity methods and technologies, and bring the discipline of software engineering to AI systems.
  • What We Do
  • The CERT Threat Analysis (TA) Directorate conducts research and development activities to identify, analyze, coordinate disclosure, and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities in systems and software. The TA Directorate is currently comprised of three teams: Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) Security, Malware and Vulnerability Exploitation, and Platform and Mission Engineering. The AI Security team works on advancing the state of the art in AI security at a national and global scale. The Malware and Vulnerability Exploitation (MVE) team works to improve cyber-tradecraft analysis within strategic target communities to counter adversarial use of the Internet and related technologies. The v ulnerability side of MVE (home of the CERT Coordination Center) works with an expansive network of vendors, partners, and collaborators to reduce the societal harm of vulnerable software and systems. The Platform and Mission Engineering team develops and maintains tools, environments, and operational support for the malware analysis, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and AI security domains.
  • Position Summary
  • SEI conducts research and development in software engineering, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and many other areas of computing, working to introduce private-sector innovations into government.
  • The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems.
  • Its core purposes are to help organizations improve software engineering capabilities, advance cybersecurity methods and technologies, and bring the discipline of software engineering to AI systems.
  • The CERT Threat Analysis (TA) Directorate conducts research and development activities to identify, analyze, coordinate disclosure, and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities in systems and software.
  • The TA Directorate is currently comprised of three teams: Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) Security, Malware and Vulnerability Exploitation, and Platform and Mission Engineering.
  • The AI Security team works on advancing the state of the art in AI security at a national and global scale.
  • The Malware and Vulnerability Exploitation (MVE) team works to improve cyber-tradecraft analysis within strategic target communities to counter adversarial use of the Internet and related technologies.
  • The v ulnerability side of MVE (home of the CERT Coordination Center) works with an expansive network of vendors, partners, and collaborators to reduce the societal harm of vulnerable software and systems.
  • The Platform and Mission Engineering team develops and maintains tools, environments, and operational support for the malware analysis, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and AI security domains.
  • As an AI Red Team Engineer on the AI Security team, you will play a central role in adversary emulation exercises and capability development for our mission partners.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • You have a willingness to travel (25%) outside of your office location to other SEI offices, sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings
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