Security & AI Trust Engineer for Agent Networks

Intellias; Poland; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellia seeks a Security & Test Engineer to validate security, reliability, and trust in agent-to-agent communication platforms. You will perform security testing, AI threat modeling, and policy verification within multi-agent systems, leveraging Python automation and Cedar policy testing.

The role involves designing scalable test strategies, evaluating OAuth 2.0, JWT validation, and agent card signing, and implementing performance tests for cloud APIs.

Qualifications

• 4+ years security engineering or QA
• API security testing
• Performance benchmarking for cloud APIs
• Security test design for AI/agent systems
• Enforcement mechanism design or implementation

Responsibilities

• Design and execute security and functional test strategies for A2A communication platforms.
• Validate A2A trust models including OAuth 2.0 authentication, JWT validation, signed Agent Cards, and token scope enforcement.
• Develop automated security test suites using Python.
• Design and execute API security testing scenarios against agent communication channels and platform services.
• Implement performance and load testing using tools such as k6 and Locust.
• Design and maintain Cedar policy validation suites covering permit/deny behavior, policy precedence, forbid-overrides-permit logic, and policy mode transitions.
• Validate LOG_ONLY versus ENFORCE behavior across authorization workflows.
• Perform security reviews and threat modeling for agent ecosystems and AI-driven workflows.
• Develop test scenarios covering prompt injection, excessive agency, tool misuse, parameter exfiltration, and other AI‑specific attack vectors.
• Verify authorization, policy enforcement, auditability, and trust boundaries between communicating agents.
• Collaborate with platform, backend, and security teams to identify vulnerabilities and improve platform resilience.
• Produce security reports, test documentation, risk assessments, and mitigation recommendations.

Skills

A2A trust model

Python security test automation

Functional security test design

Cedar policy testing

Agentic AI threat modelling

Tools

k6

Locust

Job description

Intellia seeks a Security & Test Engineer to validate security, reliability, and trust in agent-to-agent communication platforms. You will perform security testing, AI threat modeling, and policy verification within multi-agent systems, leveraging Python automation and Cedar policy testing.

The role involves designing scalable test strategies, evaluating OAuth 2.0, JWT validation, and agent card signing, and implementing performance tests for cloud APIs.