AI Security Engineer (hybrid)

AI Security Engineer Our client is filling this full-time position exclusively through approved staffing partners. Required: Experience with Python programming and scripting for security tooling and automation; Experience with AWS and Azure cloud security fundamentals; Experience with the NIST AI RMF and OWASP/OAuth Top 10 security frameworks; Experience with PHI/PII data protection and encryption controls; Experience with cybersecurity, AI/ML, or security engineering in a large enterprise environment (3+ years); Experience with AI/ML model validation and security testing; Experience with AI security posture management (AISPM/DSPM) tooling; Experience with AI red teaming; Experience with Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) tooling for AI agent permissions; Experience with prompt-level security controls and guardrails (LLM firewalls, input/output filtering) for GenAI agentic applications and agentic design patterns and protocols, including MCP; Experience with prompt injection, jailbreak, and tool-misuse defense techniques; Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field (required). Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Implement and operate AI security posture management (AISPM/DSPM) across model and inference infrastructure, identifying misconfigurations and risk; Design, build, and run model validation and evaluation harnesses to test AI models for robustness and unexpected behavior; Build and maintain inference-layer guardrails and controls for GenAI and agentic applications; Define and enforce PHI/PII data protection and identity/access controls for AI systems; Partner with Cloud Security teams to establish and validate AWS and Azure guardrails for AI workloads; Develop Python-based scripts and automation to integrate AI security controls into CI/CD pipelines; Research, test, and pilot AI security tools aligned to the NIST AI RMF and related standards. Vitaver and Associates, Inc. (dba Vitaver Staffing)