{
  "reviewed_on": "2026-11-02",
  "purpose": "Selected job-description examples accompanying the cybersecurity careers article.",
  "sampling": "Six descriptions supplied by a reader plus one inline description. Purposive examples, not a representative sample or a time series. Not added to the frozen HN or UK chart data.",
  "limitations": [
    "No inferred posting date, first emergence date, growth rate or vacancy market share.",
    "A matching public listing is linked where retrieved and checked; a missing URL means the supplied copy is the source.",
    "Location variants can differ. The supplied Esko Europe/UK description requires 5+ software engineering years; a separately located Bangalore version requires 7+ and is not used for that claim.",
    "Descriptions can change or close; these notes record the reviewed text, not guaranteed ongoing availability."
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "company": "ClearRoute",
      "title": "AI Security Engineer (Agentic Systems)",
      "title_note": null,
      "source": "reader-supplied job description",
      "supplied_text_sha256": "351c9b292481ee2c78fd68491c57a1787e74d33e85978d6d3588d2cf960235f1",
      "public_listing_url": "https://clearroute.teamtailor.com/jobs/8428265-ai-security-engineer-agentic-systems",
      "experience_requirement": null,
      "experience_note": "No numeric minimum specified in the supplied copy.",
      "role_summary": "AI and agent testing, repeatable evaluations, governance and training."
    },
    {
      "company": "Deel",
      "title": "AI Security Specialist",
      "title_note": null,
      "source": "reader-supplied job description",
      "supplied_text_sha256": "f5900750a72dd2f58000099ca2c809ba6bdca798541fc8a6887f4b36ea2f5c8e",
      "public_listing_url": "https://jobs.deel.com/deel/job-details/cb988ffd-f3b9-4ed9-8302-409f5d279e28/overview",
      "experience_requirement": null,
      "experience_note": "No numeric minimum specified in the supplied copy.",
      "role_summary": "AI integration and adoption reviews, MCP security, data controls, AI detection and response."
    },
    {
      "company": "Esko",
      "title": null,
      "title_note": "Title absent from supplied copy; function is AI platform security engineering.",
      "source": "reader-supplied job description",
      "supplied_text_sha256": "14b72fbc4f7e8ae5bf48e90bef538350c576158483a32c9ae86dd018818a9378",
      "public_listing_url": null,
      "experience_requirement": "At least 5 years in software engineering with experience securing cloud, distributed or platform services.",
      "experience_note": null,
      "role_summary": "AI platform controls for identity, delegated access, tenant isolation, secure retrieval, tool use and auditability."
    },
    {
      "company": "HCLTech",
      "title": "Agentic AI Security Specialist",
      "title_note": null,
      "source": "reader-supplied job description",
      "supplied_text_sha256": "925b9229ce7cb8236038aa7fc537532e10491d1539d484eacbed8882faed228e",
      "public_listing_url": "https://uk.linkedin.com/jobs/view/agentic-ai-security-specialist-at-hcltech-4474039900",
      "experience_requirement": "5+ years in cybersecurity; 2+ years focused on AI/ML security.",
      "experience_note": null,
      "role_summary": "Agent threat modelling, offensive testing, Python/Go controls, detection and containment."
    },
    {
      "company": "Lenovo",
      "title": "Advisory Engineer, AI Security",
      "title_note": null,
      "source": "reader-supplied job description",
      "supplied_text_sha256": "528a9698881a904271fd9f6fad49f254350700ef14df58f14732be365d913354",
      "public_listing_url": null,
      "experience_requirement": "8+ years in product, application, cloud or related security.",
      "experience_note": null,
      "role_summary": "Technical assurance and reusable agent controls, design through operational handover."
    },
    {
      "company": "Ripple",
      "title": "Senior Staff Security Engineer, AI Security",
      "title_note": null,
      "source": "reader-supplied job description",
      "supplied_text_sha256": "3a8604f4498baeb927cd031f76e3f68f925c35753221dbb73c41b1bb8769a416",
      "public_listing_url": "https://ripple.com/careers/all-jobs/job/7961902/?gh_jid=7961902",
      "experience_requirement": "10+ years in security engineering; depth in at least two domains and practical AI/ML security exposure.",
      "experience_note": null,
      "role_summary": "Secure AI systems and build AI-powered security tooling; integration review, sandboxing, permission scoping and audit trails."
    },
    {
      "company": "Caspian One (recruiter; investment-bank client unnamed)",
      "title": "AI Application Security Engineer (Java)",
      "source": "reader-supplied inline description, matched to the recruiter listing",
      "public_listing_url": "https://uk.linkedin.com/jobs/view/ai-application-security-engineer-java-at-caspian-one-4478268507",
      "experience_requirement": "5+ years in software engineering and/or application security; hands-on Java essential.",
      "role_summary": "Validate AI-generated security assessments and attack paths, review Java code, and drive remediation. This is AI-assisted AppSec, not necessarily a role securing AI systems."
    }
  ]
}