Sidhartha Das
AI Security Engineer | LLM Red-Team Researcher | Security Operations
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About
AI Security Engineer and LLM Red-Team Researcher with hands-on experience identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in large language models (LLMs), designing adversarial evaluation pipelines, and defending AI systems against prompt injection, jailbreaking, and alignment failures.
Ranked
Top 1% globally (Joint 5th Worldwide) at HackAPrompt 2.0 — the world's largest AI red-teaming competition — with over 100 models successfully jailbroken. Combines deep SOC operations expertise including SIEM, threat intelligence, and IDS/IPS with cutting-edge AI safety research to bridge traditional cybersecurity and emerging AI threat landscapes. Actively seeking an AI Security Engineer or LLM Security Research role.
Experience
Cybersecurity Virtual Intern - AICTE × Fortinet - Remote
(2024-10 - 2024-12)
- Completed training in network security architecture, firewall policy design, VPN configurations, and threat mitigation strategies.
- Earned Fortinet Certified Associate in Cybersecurity (FCA), validating competency in threat analysis, network defense, and SOC operations.
- Studied real-world SOC workflows including alert prioritization, incident response lifecycle, and forensic investigation procedures.
Education
B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering - KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (2022 - 2026)
AISSCE / CBSE – Class XII - Sai International School, Bhubaneswar (2022)
AISCE / ICSE – Class X - St. Michael's School, Siliguri (2020)
