Sr. AI Threat Researcher
Core
Research how threat actors adopt and weaponize AI (LLMs, agentic systems) to detect adversarial use, assess emerging risks, and produce intelligence for Sophos and the security community.
Role type
Senior individual contributor AI threat researcher
Builds
Detection strategies, telemetry instrumentation, and operational efficiencies for AI-driven threat monitoring
Domain
Cybersecurity, AI/ML security, Threat Intelligence
Required skills
Threat intelligence, malware analysis, detection engineering, AI/ML research, MITRE ATT&CK framework, Python, multi-agent systems, LLM APIs, agentic workflows, RAG, automation tooling
Preferred skills
MDR/IR experience, external research authorship, prompt engineering, large-scale telemetry pipelines, SIEM/SOAR platforms
Technologies
Python, LLM APIs, RAG, MITRE ATT&CK
Responsibilities
Investigate AI-assisted social engineering, AI-generated malware, and automated reconnaissance; Research threats to agentic AI systems and supply chains; Instrument and tune telemetry for AI-driven attacker behavior; Analyze global telemetry and OSINT for emerging trends; Automate research workflows using LLMs and scripting; Synthesize findings into actionable intelligence and external publications
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
