AI-Focused Red Team Operator
$130,000–$133,000 year
On-siteWashington, United States or Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Job Summary
Conduct authorized penetration testing, adversary emulation, and Red Team assessments against enterprise, cloud, and AI-enabled environments while evaluating AI and machine learning systems for security weaknesses throughout the model lifecycle. Perform Blue Team activities including threat hunting, detection engineering, incident response support, and defensive security assessments. Identify vulnerabilities involving prompt injection, retrieval-augmented generation, model manipulation, and data poisoning techniques. Design and implement defensive controls including guardrails, monitoring, and AI-specific security measures. Leverage AI technologies to improve offensive and defensive cyber operations through automation, large-scale reconnaissance, and security analytics. Collaborate with cybersecurity engineers to improve organizational resilience against emerging AI-enabled threats and produce high-quality technical documentation. Assist with business development activities including proposal writing and technical interview support. Requires an active Top Secret clearance, 5+ years of experience, and proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
Required Qualifications
- Active Top Secret security clearance
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years experience
- Experience conducting Red Team operations, penetration testing, or adversary emulation
- Experience supporting Blue Team operations including threat hunting, detection engineering, incident response, or security operations
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking, operating systems, identity management, cloud technologies, and modern attack methodologies
- Experience developing scripts or automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, Large Language Models, and AI security risks
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must be comfortable with prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift up to 10-15 pounds at a time
Desired Qualifications
- Additonal 4+ YoE would be considered in lieu of degree
- Experience building or integrating AI-assisted security workflows, including Agentic workflows for security operations and incident response, Automated alert triage and enrichment, Detection tuning and threat hunting using AI, AI-assisted report generation and documentation, Secure integration of LLMs into cybersecurity workflows, Evaluation and testing of security-focused language models
- Experience with one or more of the following: AI Red Teaming, Prompt injection testing, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) security, Adversarial machine learning, Model evasion and data poisoning, AI governance and secure model deployment, MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM Top 10, NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF)
- One or more of the following certifications are desirable: CISSP or CEH or OSCP or GPEN or GCIH or PNPT or Security+ or AI Security coursework or certifications (e.g., AI Security Fundamentals, LLM Red Teaming, or equivalent training)
- Experience assisting with Business Development activities as required to support Millennium's strategic business objectives, which may include but not limited to participation in technical interviews, creation of technical documentation, general proposal writing support and proposal color reviews
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