[Remote] Sr. AI Red Team Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Moderna is a leading mRNA technology company focused on changing the future of medicine. They are seeking a Sr. AI Red Team Engineer to design and execute advanced adversarial simulations to test the company's cyber resilience, particularly in AI-related domains.
Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, and document full-spectrum red team operations targeting digital, physical, and hybrid environments
- Develop and maintain offensive toolchains and infrastructure for covert operations (C2 frameworks, payload obfuscation, cloud-based staging, and beacon management)
- Conduct external-to-internal attack simulations
- Collaborate with detection and incident response teams to measure time-to-detect, time-to-contain, and overall detection efficacy
- Build and maintain custom scripts and exploits using Python, PowerShell, and other languages to simulate real adversary TTPs
- Perform adversary emulation based on threat intel tied to biotech, pharma, and critical manufacturing sectors
- Lead post-operation technical debriefs with IR and Threat Intel to derive new detection opportunities and security controls
- Contribute to the development of internal red team maturity, progressing toward a continuous red team model
Skills
- 4+ years in cybersecurity with deep experience in red teaming, offensive security, or adversary simulation
- Proven ability to conduct end-to-end attack chains, including initial access, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and data exfiltration
- Expertise in network penetration testing, Active Directory exploitation, cloud attacks (Azure, AWS, O365), endpoint evasion, and AI systems
- Experience targeting OT or lab-connected systems is a plus
- Experience with modern AI based attacks and how to leverage them in a longer attack path
- Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, C2 frameworks, and offensive tooling
- Familiarity with purple team methodologies and integrating offensive results into defensive playbooks and detections
- OPSEC discipline and experience running stealth operations under blue team monitoring
- Solid scripting and automation skills in at least one major language (Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Go)
- Preferred certifications: OSCP, OSEP, OSED, CRTO, or equivalent hands-on offensive credentials
- Ability to communicate complex offensive findings clearly to both technical engineers and executive stakeholders
Benefits
- Competitive healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs
- A holistic approach to well-being, with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support
- Family planning benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
- Savings and investments to help you plan for the future
- Location-specific perks and extras
- The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, other incentive compensation, or equity award, subject to company plan eligibility criteria and individual performance
- Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation, teamwork, and direct mentorship
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