AI Security Researcher (Fully Remote)

Cogent Security; United States; Remote; USD 130.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cogent Security is seeking a Security Researcher to build the offensive side of our research, turning red team tradecraft into AI capability. You will own the loop from real attack techniques to autonomous agent behavior, shaping how we test defenses with autonomous cyber agents.

You design and build red team agents, including the harness, tools, and MCP servers, expanding them to full attack chains across Windows, Active Directory, cloud, and network, and you develop cyber ranges and benchmarks

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years in offensive security, red team operations, or adversary emulation.
• Hands-on operator with full-chain experience and detection-evasion skills.
• Builder who writes code, e.g., Python, to turn manual tradecraft into repeatable capabilities.

Aufgaben

• Design and build red team agents, including the harness, tools, and MCP servers.
• Extend agents to full attack chains across Windows, Active Directory, cloud, and network.
• Build cyber ranges and benchmarks to verify agent improvements against real defenses.

Kenntnisse

Offensive security

Red team operations

Adversary emulation

Python programming

Jobbeschreibung

• We are hiring a Security Researcher to build the offensive side of our research, turning red team tradecraft into AI capability.
• You will own the loop from real attack techniques to autonomous agent behavior.

What You'll Do:

• Design and build red team agents, including the harness, tools, and MCP servers.
• Extend agents to full attack chains across Windows, Active Directory, cloud, and network.
• Build cyber ranges and benchmarks to verify agent improvements against real defenses.

What We're Looking For:

• 6+ years in offensive security, red team operations, or adversary emulation.
• Hands-on operator with full-chain experience and detection-evasion skills.
• Builder who writes code, e.g., Python, to turn manual tradecraft into repeatable capabilities.

Cogent Security

Cogent is an applied AI lab building AI agents for cybersecurity, using its AI Taskforce to assess petabytes of enterprise data and prevent breaches. Backed by Greylock and Bain Capital Ventures, the team includes experts from top universities, leading tech companies, and world-class cybersecurity firms.