Information Security Specialist (US) - AI Penetration Tester

Description

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The Information Security Specialist – AI Penetration Tester is responsible for conducting advanced offensive security testing across AI/ML systems, LLM integrations, GenAI platforms, and associated infrastructure. This role serves as a subject-matter expert in AI/LLM security, partnering with engineering, cyber, cloud, and architecture teams to identify vulnerabilities, improve controls, and ensure safe and compliant deployment of AI capabilities across the enterprise.

AI/LLM Offensive Security & Vulnerability Testing

• Conduct Penetration Tests: Design and execute comprehensive penetration tests targeting AI/ML models, LLM applications, model pipelines, retrieval systems, data agents, and AI-enabled business workflows.

• AI/LLM Vulnerability Analysis: Identify vulnerabilities such as jailbreaking, prompt injection, model extraction, adversarial ML attacks, data poisoning, RAG bypasses, and safety guardrail circumvention.

• Tooling & Automation: Evaluate and develop tooling (including internal utilities and open‑source frameworks) to automate and scale AI/LLM security testing.

Security Architecture, Hardening & Risk Assessment

• Assess Security Posture: Analyze training data governance, guardrail design, inference endpoints, system prompts, agent autonomy, model monitoring, and model‑ops pipelines.

• Risk Assessments: Perform security and safety risk analyses on new and existing AI/ML deployments, including cloud‑based services, APIs, model marketplaces, and third‑party LLM integrations.

• Model Supply Chain Security: Assess AI supply chain risks, dependency integrity, and alignment with enterprise standards and regulatory obligations.

Documentation, Reporting & Communication

• Report Findings: Deliver clear, actionable findings to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders. Produce detailed reporting including:

• Executive summaries

• Technical proof‑of‑concepts

• Prioritized remediation recommendations

• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with Engineering, Data Science, Cloud, Cyber Defense, Architecture, and Risk to remediate findings and improve AI security posture.

Governance, Standards & Continuous Improvement

• Develop Best Practices: Contribute to organization-wide AI security standards, policies, control objectives, and hardening practices.

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure AI penetration testing aligns with regulatory, privacy, model safety, and internal policy requirements.

• Continuous Learning: Maintain deep expertise in emerging AI threats, industry frameworks, evaluation methodologies, and global safety standards.

Incident Response & Audit Support

• Participate in AI/ML–related security incident investigations, providing subject-matter expertise on root cause analysis and exploitation methods.

• Support audit preparation and assist in drafting management responses, remediation plans, and risk treatment documentation.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree preferred

• Information security certification / accreditation an asset

• 7+ years of relevant experience

• Expert knowledge of IT security and risk disciplines and practices

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 5+ years in application security or penetration testing, with hands-on experience in AI/ML environments preferred.

• 7+ years of experience using penetration testing tools (Metasploit, Burp Suite, Nmap, Kali, etc.).

• Strong knowledge of AI/LLM vulnerabilities including OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, adversarial attacks, prompt injection, and model safety testing frameworks.

• Familiarity with scripting and automation (Python preferred), model interrogation techniques, and cloud-native AI services (Azure, AWS, GCP).

• Experience penetration testing AI/LLM platforms, cloud workloads, and PCI-scoped environments.

• Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST AI RMF, OWASP LLM/ML, ISO 42001, MITRE ATLAS).

• Relevant certifications: OSCP, CEH, GPEN, CISSP, or AI/ML security certifications.

• Experience supporting audits, compliance reviews, and incident response activities.

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Physical Requirements:

Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%

• Domestic Travel – Occasional

• International Travel – Never

• Performing sedentary work – Continuous

• Performing multiple tasks – Continuous

• Operating standard office equipment - Continuous

• Responding quickly to sounds – Occasional

• Sitting – Continuous

• Standing – Occasional

• Walking – Occasional

• Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional

• Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional

• Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Never

• Squatting – Occasional

• Bending – Occasional

• Kneeling – Never

• Crawling – Never

• Climbing – Never

• Reaching overhead – Never

• Reaching forward – Occasional

• Pushing – Never

• Pulling – Never

• Twisting – Never

• Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous

• Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – Continuous

• Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous

• Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – Continuous

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition.

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

TD Bank is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process, please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at . Include your full name, best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.