Senior Security & Test Engineer - A2A

EPAM is a global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and startups. The team builds an Enterprise Agent Development Platform, a cloud-native ecosystem for AI agents at scale, focusing on security and quality within the A2A gateway using AWS AgentCore Runtime.

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering or quality assurance
• Knowledge of the A2A trust model including OAuth 2.0 signed Agent Cards and JWT validation with token scope enforcement
• Proficiency in Python for security test automation
• Skills in functional and security test design
• Experience in performance testing using k6 and Locust with performance benchmarking for cloud APIs
• Expertise in Cedar policy testing including permit/deny correctness and LOG_ONLY vs ENFORCE mode
• Background in agentic AI/LLM threat modeling covering OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, excessive agency, and tool parameter exfiltration
• Expertise in API security testing
• Background in security test design for AI/agent systems beyond REST APIs
• Experience in enforcement mechanism design or implementation

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with multi-agent communication security patterns
• Background in trust model gap analysis for non-AgentCore A2A agents

• Own security, functional, and performance test suites for the A2A gateway
• Test Cedar policy enforcement correctness across LOG_ONLY and ENFORCE modes
• Conduct trust model gap analysis for non-AgentCore A2A agents
• Design and execute functional and security test plans for agentic AI systems
• Validate authentication and authorization flows across agent communication channels
• Identify and mitigate security risks specific to agentic AI and LLM-based systems
• Collaborate with engineering teams to strengthen the platform's overall security posture
• Report and track defects, vulnerabilities, and performance bottlenecks uncovered during testing

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