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AI Security Specialist – Cybersecurity
Black Pen Recruitment · Métropole du Cap
Job description
About the role
Our client, an AI security platform, is seeking an AI / Security Specialist to strengthen its cybersecurity offering. You will work directly with the founder in a fast‑moving, early‑stage environment to harden the platform, accelerate product development and support go‑to‑market activities.
Key responsibilities
- Design, build and deploy AI‑powered security controls that protect databases from malicious queries and data leakage.
- Implement real‑time policy enforcement, threat and anomaly detection, and comprehensive audit logging.
- Conduct risk assessments for AI agents interacting with systems, data and databases.
- Translate AI security concepts into production‑ready controls and monitoring pipelines.
- Collaborate on product acceleration and market‑ready features while ensuring compliance and operational safety.
Required profile
- Self‑starting professional comfortable with full ownership in a founder‑led, early‑stage startup.
- High integrity, sound judgement and a pragmatic problem‑solving approach.
- Ability to work independently without constant direction and adapt quickly to shifting priorities.
- Strategic mindset combined with hands‑on execution capability.
Required skills
- 3+ years of practical AI security experience.
- Threat and anomaly detection.
- LLM security and prompt‑injection mitigation.
- Applied machine learning in production environments.
- Security analytics, detection engineering and security monitoring.
- Risk assessment for AI agents interacting with systems and databases.
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