Offensive Security Analyst - AI Specialist

Offensive Security Analyst - AI Specialist

• Design and conduct Red Team operations focused on AI / ML systems, including adversarial input testing, model inversion, poisoning, and evasion attacks.
• Emulate threat actors targeting AI infrastructure (e.g., model hosting platforms, training data lakes, inference APIs).
• Develop custom tooling and payloads for AI-specific attack scenarios, including adversarial examples and synthetic data manipulation.
• Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to assess model robustness, fairness, and explainability under adversarial conditions.
• Lead Purple Team exercises to validate detection and response capabilities for AI-related threats.
• Produce detailed reports and executive briefings outlining risks, attack paths, and remediation strategies.
• Contribute to threat modeling and detection engineering for AI systems.
• Stay current on emerging AI threats, adversarial ML research, and regulatory implications.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of offensive innovation.

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Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.