Agentic AI Security Engineer

• Design and implement security controls for autonomous and multi-agent AI systems.
• Secure agent orchestration, tool execution, memory, and external integrations.
• Identify and mitigate emerging AI-specific attack vectors and vulnerabilities.

• Secure Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, embeddings, vector databases, and enterprise knowledge repositories.
• Design controls that prevent unauthorized knowledge access, data leakage, and information exposure.
• Implement secure handling of sensitive enterprise and healthcare data throughout AI workflows.

• Perform threat modeling for AI applications, agent architectures, prompts, APIs, and retrieval systems.
• Assess risks associated with prompt injection, jailbreak attempts, indirect prompt attacks, tool misuse, hallucinations, data poisoning, model abuse, and adversarial inputs.
• Develop mitigation strategies that reduce AI-specific security risks while maintaining usability.

• Build guardrails that improve trustworthy AI behavior.
• Design policy enforcement, human-in-the-loop approval workflows, content filtering, and AI governance mechanisms.
• Help define organizational standards for responsible AI development and deployment.

• Design monitoring capabilities that detect abnormal agent behavior, misuse, prompt manipulation, and anomalous model interactions.
• Implement logging, traceability, and audit capabilities supporting explainability and regulatory compliance.
• Build mechanisms for continuous AI risk assessment and operational visibility.

• Partner with software engineers to integrate AI security into development workflows.
• Conduct security reviews of AI features before production deployment.
• Promote secure AI engineering practices across the product organization.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
• 7+ years of software engineering, cybersecurity engineering, AI engineering, or application security experience.
• Experience designing secure cloud-native or distributed software systems.
• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), AI applications, or Agentic AI platforms.
• Experience securing APIs, microservices, and enterprise applications.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and secure software development practices.
• Understanding of AI-specific security risks including:
  • Prompt injection
  • Jailbreaking
  • Data poisoning
  • Model abuse
  • Adversarial inputs
  • Hallucination mitigation
  • Sensitive data leakage
• Experience with cloud security across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong programming experience in Python or TypeScript.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A mindset of both a security engineer and a software engineer.
• Experience with solving problems that don’t yet have established playbooks.
• Ability to stay current with emerging AI threats and defensive techniques.
• Experience with ownership of complex technical challenges.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines.
• Capability to influence how secure AI systems are built in highly regulated environments.
• Strong ability to balance innovation with responsible engineering.

• Experience securing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.
• Experience with AI guardrails and policy engines.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or LlamaIndex.
• Experience with vector databases including Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Milvus, or Azure AI Search.
• Experience implementing AI observability, evaluation, or monitoring solutions.
• Experience with NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF), Responsible AI practices, or AI governance frameworks.
• Experience supporting Federal Government or healthcare environments.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture and secure DevSecOps practices.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, Security+, GIAC, or cloud security certifications are a plus.

• The Opportunity to support high-visibility federal missions
• A culture that values innovation, growth, and collaboration
• Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies
• Comprehensive benefits for you and your family
• A career path that rewards ambition and performance

If you’re ready to push boundaries, sharpen your skills, and join a team that is passionate about building what’s next, we’d love to meet you. Apply today and let’s build a future together!