Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join our Security Team and lead offensive security, penetration testing, AI/LLM security, and DevSecOps initiatives. This role sits at the intersection of traditional application security and emerging AI security threats.

Key Responsibilities
Penetration Testing & Offensive Security

• Lead end-to-end penetration testing across web applications, APIs, internal services, and cloud infrastructure..
• Design and execute red-team exercises simulating real-world attacks..
• Perform threat modelling for new product features and architectures..
• Develop custom exploits, scripts, and security tools..
• Prepare explicit and actionable penetration testing reports..
• Manage third-party penetration testing vendors and responsible disclosure programs..

AI & LLM Security

• Research and execute attacks against AI/LLM-powered systems, including prompt injection, jailbreaks, and indirect prompt injection..
• Assess risks related to data exfiltration through model responses..




• Assess security risks inModel Context Protocol (MCP)deployments, including tool-call boundaries, context poisoning, and privilege escalation..
• Build an internal threat library for AI attack patterns..
• Develop and maintain red-teaming playbooks for LLM-based features..
• Work with ML and Product teams to integrate security into the AI development lifecycle..

DevSecOps

• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines, includingSAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning, and container scanning..
• Define and enforce secure coding standards and security review gates..
• Drive security automation across engineering teams..

Risk Assessment & Governance

• Assess and prioritize security risks using frameworks such asCVSS, DREAD, or FAIR..
• Maintain risk registers and track remediation progress..
• Evaluate risks from third-party vendors, integrations, and open-source dependencies..
• Support security audits, gap assessments, policies, standards, and

📌 Senior Security Engineer (Vasanthanagar)
🏢 Nextwebi IT Solutions
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