Palo Alto Sr Principal AI Security Researcher Network 

United States, California 

208599864

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

These days, the threat landscape is fluid and always changing. Cyber bad-actors are constantly finding new and diabolically creative ways to get to your data and there’s just no telling what door they’ll knock on next. As a Sr. Principal AI Security Researcher, you will be helping Palo Alto Networks in a high visibility and impactful role to stay ahead of the curve in addressing the latest security threats.

Your Impact

• Discover and create proof of concepts for new security vulnerabilities related to AI Models, AI Infrastructure, and data usage.

• Design practical product level mitigations to prevent new and novel attacks on AI systems for our customers.

• Leverage Palo Alto Network’s security data to derive new insights that will inform threat trends and protections needed for AI systems.

• Working from within the office of the NetSec CTO to provide research across the large Network Security portfolio at Palo Alto Networks.

• Serve as an AI security subject-matter expert when collaborating with Palo Alto Networks leadership and industry partners.

Your Experience

• Deep practical knowledge of both theoretical and production AI systems, including infrastructure, models, and data usage.

• Proven track record of discovering security issues related to AI systems.

• End to end experience of taking new security discovering and developing/deploying protections into a production environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills preferably demonstrated through technical blogs, published research, and talks.

• MS or Doctoral Degree in Engineering or Computer Science, related to artificial intelligence, computer security, application security, information security, network security, or cryptography is preferred.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $182000 - $295000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.