Security Engineer – AI Security

Maneva Consulting Pvt. Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Maneva Consulting Pvt. Ltd. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer focused on AI Security to identify, mitigate, and validate security risks across AI models, data pipelines, and deployment environments.

The role emphasizes applying security engineering principles to AI threats and ensuring robustness, privacy, and trust in AI-enabled systems. You will design and execute security testing, collaborate with researchers, and strengthen AI security controls, contributing to incident response and

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in security engineering or applied cybersecurity roles.
• Exposure to ML or data-intensive systems is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess security risks in AI models, data pipelines, and deployment environments.
• Design and execute security testing for AI systems, including misuse, backdoors, and anomalous behaviour.
• Collaborate with researchers to evaluate model vulnerabilities and security assumptions.
• Support validation of AI security controls such as scanning, verification, and unlearning mechanisms.
• Contribute to AI threat modelling, abuse case definition, and mitigation strategies.
• Review system designs to ensure compliance with security and privacy requirements.
• Support investigation and remediation of AI-related security incidents.

Skills

Security engineering

AI/ML threat vectors

Security testing

Threat modelling

Security controls

Python or similar

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/ Cybersecurity/ Engineering

Job description

Function: AI Security - Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC)

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Purpose

The Security Engineer - AI Security is responsible for identifying, analysing, and mitigating security risks across AI systems, models, and pipelines. The role focuses on applying security engineering principles to AI-specific threats, validating security controls, and ensuring robustness, compliance, and trustworthiness of AI-enabled systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess security risks in AI models, data pipelines, and deployment environments.
• Design and execute security testing for AI systems, including misuse, backdoors, and anomalous behaviour.
• Collaborate with researchers to evaluate model vulnerabilities and security assumptions.
• Support validation of AI security controls such as scanning, verification, and unlearning mechanisms.
• Contribute to AI threat modelling, abuse case definition, and mitigation strategies.
• Review system designs to ensure compliance with security and privacy requirements.
• Support investigation and remediation of AI-related security incidents.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong background in security engineering and applied cybersecurity.
• Understanding of AI/ML systems and common AI-specific threat vectors.
• Experience with security testing, threat modelling, and risk assessment.
• Familiarity with AI security techniques such as model analysis, anomaly detection, or behaviour testing.
• Knowledge of secure system design, access control, and compliance considerations.
• Strong scripting or programming skills (Python or similar).

Qualifications & Experience

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

• 5-8+ years of experience in security engineering, application security, or applied cybersecurity roles.
• Exposure to ML or data-intensive systems is strongly preferred.

Success Indicators

• Timely identification and mitigation of AI security risks.
• Effective validation and strengthening of AI security controls.
• Improved security posture and resilience of AI systems and platforms.