AI for Cybersecurity · 12 convergence roles
Every AI for Cybersecurity career path, organized.
Filter by track to focus your search. Each cybersecurity role here uses AI as the working toolkit, with salary data, day-to-day responsibilities, representative tooling, and bridges to both the foundation cybersecurity area and the foundation Applied AI area.
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AI-Augmented Penetration Tester
$165K medianSpecialization · AI Disruption 20/100
An AI-Augmented Penetration Tester uses LLMs and ML tooling for offensive cybersecurity work, accelerating reconnaissance, exploit synthesis, and report writing without sacrificing methodology rigor.
↔ Cyber: penetration tester
AI for GRC Analyst
$130K medianSpecialization · AI Disruption 30/100
An AI for GRC Analyst applies LLM-driven tooling to cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance work, accelerating control mapping, evidence collection, and policy authoring.
↔ Cyber: grc analyst
AI Security Researcher
$230K medianSpecialization · AI Disruption 10/100
An AI Security Researcher conducts original research on AI applied to cybersecurity problems: detection efficacy, agentic IR systems, automated reverse engineering, and adversarial robustness in security tooling.
↔ Cyber: threat intelligence analyst
↔ AI: applied research scientist