AI Security Engineer / Architect

o9 Solutions, Inc.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

o9 Solutions, Inc. in Bangalore is seeking an AI Offensive Security Researcher to lead the security of our GenAI platform and agentic AI ecosystem. You will own offensive security across 500+ customer environments and help scale AI-driven defenses.

You will design AI-specific VAPT engagements, run red-team exercises, and build automation to detect, prevent, and respond to adversarial activity, collaborating with global teams in a fast-paced scale-up.

Qualifications

• 4–12+ years in application security, AI/ML security, or offensive security research.
• At least one demonstrable AI-specific assessment or published finding.
• Hands-on depth across LLM attack surfaces: jailbreaks, multi-modal injection, agentic gaps.
• Working knowledge of MLOps pipelines, ML engineering concepts, or cloud security.
• CFP submissions or responsible disclosure history is a differentiator.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute AI-specific VAPT engagements (prompt injection, RAG poisoning, agent identity spoofing).
• Lead red team exercises and tabletop scenarios with MITRE ATLAS mappings.
• Build AI security automation tooling: fuzzing harnesses and guardrail tests.
• Contribute to threat modeling for agentic systems and trust boundaries.
• Feed red team findings into detection engineering to close SOC gaps.

Skills

AI/ML security

Offensive security

LLM attack surfaces

MLOps

Job description

Transforming the Future of Enterprise Planning at o9, our mission is to be the most value‑creating platform for enterprises by transforming decision‑making through our AI‑first approach. By integrating siloed planning capabilities and capturing millions—even billions—in value leakage, we help businesses plan smarter and faster. This not only enhances operational efficiency but also reduces waste, leading to better outcomes for both businesses and the planet. Global leaders like Google, PepsiCo, Walmart, T‑Mobile, AB InBev, and Starbucks trust o9 to optimize their supply chains.

Role: AI Offensive Security Researcher - Red Team, VAPT & Agentic Security

Location: Bangalore, Hybrid

About the role

We are looking for a AI offensive Security researcher / Senior AI Security Engineer/Architect with MLSecOps experience to lead the next generation of AI‑native security at o9. You will own two parallel missions: securing o9’s GenAI platform and agentic AI ecosystem from emerging threats, and building AI/ML‑driven capabilities that transform how our security operations detect, predict, and respond to adversarial activity across 500+ customer environments. Our security platform ingests 22 billion events per month across 176,000+ hosts, 266 Kubernetes clusters, and 3,042 cloud accounts. The intelligence hidden in that telemetry remains largely unmined. Simultaneously, o9’s GenAI platform is scaling rapidly - production AI agents, RAG pipelines, MCP tool integrations, and autonomous planning workflows that introduce a fundamentally new class of security risk. This role exists to address both.

What you’ll do

• Design and execute AI‑specific VAPT engagements - prompt injection chains, RAG pipeline poisoning, agent identity spoofing, and tool‑layer exploitation across MCP and A2A boundaries
• Lead structured AI red team exercises and scenario‑based tabletops, delivering CVSS - scored, MITRE ATLAS mapped findings with actionable remediation guidance
• Build and maintain AI security automation tooling: prompt fuzzing harnesses, guardrail regression test suites, and detection rule generators fed by red team TTP libraries
• Contribute to threat modeling for agentic systems -mapping trust boundaries, privilege escalation paths, and blast radius across autonomous agent clusters
• Feed red team findings back into detection engineering as quality inputs, closing the loop between offensive discovery and SOC coverage gaps

What you'll have

• 4-12+ years in application security, AI/ML security, or offensive security research with at least one demonstrable AI‑specific assessment or published finding
• Hands‑on offensive depth across LLM attack surfaces: jailbreaks, multi‑modal injection, agentic control gaps, and indirect prompt injection
• Working knowledge of MLOps pipelines, ML engineering concepts, or cloud security as contextual grounding
• CFP submissions, responsible disclosure history, or published AI security research is a strong differentiator

What we’ll do for you

• Flat organization: With a very strong entrepreneurial culture (and no corporate politics). Great people and unlimited fun at work. Possibility to really make a difference in a scale‑up environment.
• Support network: Work with a team you can learn from every day. Diversity: We pride ourselves on our international working environment.
• DavOs Insight (Turning VUCA into value with Neuro‑Symbolic AI): https://l1nk.dev/ngQoe
• Work-Life Balance: https://youtu.be/IHSZeUPATBA?feature=shared
• Feel part of A team: https://youtu.be/QbjtgaCyhes?feature=shared

More about us

At o9, transparency and open communication are at the core of our culture. Collaboration thrives across all levels—hierarchy, distance, or function never limit innovation or teamwork. Beyond work, we encourage volunteering opportunities, social impact initiatives, and diverse cultural celebrations. With a $3.7 billion valuation and a global presence across Dallas, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, London, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, and Munich, o9 is among the fastest‑growing technology companies in the world. Through our aim10x vision, we are committed to AI‑powered management, driving 10x improvements in enterprise decision‑making. Our Enterprise Knowledge Graph enables businesses to anticipate risks, adapt to market shifts, and gain real‑time visibility. By automating millions of decisions and reducing manual interventions by up to 90%, we empower enterprises to drive profitable growth, reduce inefficiencies, and create lasting value.

o9 is an equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, ensuring a fair and unbiased hiring process. Join us as we continue our growth journey! We have a vision. Our Digital Brain, o9’s AI‑powered platform, is being used by global enterprises to drive their digital transformations. The integrated planning and operational efficiencies we provide is helping businesses do more, be more and mean more to the world at large. Because businesses that plan better, reduce waste, creating value for themselves and the planet. But we also have a vision for our people. We want the most talented, committed and driven people to power our transformative approach. As an individual and in a team, your actions reflect our values. In return, we’ll provide a nurturing environment where you can be a part of something special.