Python Security Test Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Security Test Engineer with strong Python expertise to validate the security, reliability, and correctness of authorization and policy enforcement systems used in AI agent platforms. The role blends security testing, automated test development, API security validation, and policy verification to ensure our enterprise‑scale cloud services remain secure, compliant, and resilient.

Key responsibilities

• Design and execute functional and security testing strategies for policy‑driven authorization systems.
• Develop and maintain automated security and policy validation test suites using Python and pytest.
• Validate permit/deny decisions, policy precedence, parameter‑level access controls and authorization logic.
• Perform API security testing aligned with the OWASP API Top 10 and conduct penetration testing, threat modeling, and security assessments for platform services and AI agent workflows.
• Test scenarios covering prompt injection, agent identity spoofing, policy bypass attempts and other Agentic AI attack vectors.
• Verify audit logging, traceability and security event generation for authorization decisions, including Agent‑to‑Agent policy enforcement across distributed workflows.
• Collaborate with software engineering and security teams to identify vulnerabilities and strengthen the platform’s security posture.
• Maintain comprehensive test documentation, reports and compliance evidence.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security or a related technical field.
• Solid understanding of security testing methodologies, penetration testing and threat modeling.
• Experience with API security, policy enforcement mechanisms and cloud‑based enterprise platforms.

Required skills

• Python programming.
• pytest framework for automated testing.
• OWASP API Top 10 knowledge.
• Penetration testing.
• Threat modeling.
• Security assessments and policy validation.
• Audit logging and traceability.