Senior AI Security Researcher

Job Description

Company: Leidos

Location: Reston, US

Description The Leidos Cyber Accelerator is redefining how we build,validate, and scale next-generation cyber and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. We are seeking a Senior AI Security Researcher who works at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI and agentic AI, and mission-aligned engineering, with a focus on developing and applying AI technology for AI security. The ideal candidate is passionate about securing AI and agentic AI pipelines and protocols, nonhuman identities, and emerging AI architectures.

In this role you will design, develop, and prototype systems that secure AI and agentic AI-powered workflows, compress cyber operator decision cycles, secure critical software infrastructure, and deliver resiliency from the enterprise to the tactical edge. This role works alongside junior and senior engineers and research scientists withexpertisein mission-critical operations, handling wide ranges of data sensitivity levels and needs, Zero Trust architectures, resilient systems design, operational technology and cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity, IT, and reverse engineering.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and prototype mission-aligned agentic AI frameworks and LLM-powered tools for secure AI/agentic AI operations, cyber defense, and autonomous cyber operations decision-making.

• Deliver working solutions across the TRL spectrum through rapid iteration from concept to prototype to support transition to enterprise and mission environments.

• Apply secure AI practices including Secure-By-Design, Zero Trust, and red teaming approaches to ensure safety, trust, and resiliency in AI deployments.

• Contribute to internal playbooks, training materials, and team-level capability development to scale innovation within the group.

• Collaborate with a team of researchers within Leidos across a range of technol

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