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# Principal AI Offensive Security Engineer

- **Company:** Ally Financial Inc.
- **Location:** Lansing, MI, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Software System Penetration Testing, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Cloud Platform System, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models
- **Published:** June 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/D603C0A008C14770809A85C0F456DDBC/job/

## About the Role

* 7+ years of relevant experience
 * Bachelor's Degree in relevant field(s) of study or equivalent, * Minimum of 2 years of experience in cyber security.
 * Minimum of 3 years of experience in offensive security.
 * Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in offensive security with an AI focus.
 * Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
 * Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

 * Relevant certifications or ability to obtain within a year: OSCP, OSEP, OSAI, CRTO, CRTL, CPTS, CAPE, COAE, etc.
 * Experience performing adversary emulations.
 * Experience working with financial institutions.
 * Experience performing physical penetration tests.
 * Experience performing social engineering with AI.
 * Experience with PoC development or having CVEs published.

## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Principal AI Offensive Security Engineer to join the Offensive Security team at Ally. As a Principal AI Offensive Security Engineer, you will perform penetration tests on AI and use AI to perform penetration tests. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including cybersecurity analysts, engineers, and stakeholders, to enhance the organization's security posture.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The Work Itself

 * Pen test AI, LLM-powered systems, machine learning platforms, APIs, and cloud environments.
 * Develop custom tools and scripts to automate the testing of AI and automate pen testing in general.
 * Assess security controls surrounding retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, tool integrations, etc.
 * Work with cross-functional teams to report identified vulnerabilities.
 * Produce professional grade reports based on the penetration tests you perform.
 * Conduct scoping calls with internal clients to determine penetration test needs.
 * Training junior engineers may be required.
 * Potential of travel up to two times a year.


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