AI Security Engineer

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.


Job Title: AI Security Engineer.
Location: Gaithersburg, MD.

Job Responsibilities:
After the implementation phase, the resources will be operationally responsible for the following:

• Supply Chain Security/Model Scanner (SaaS self-hosted hybrid deployment)
  • Maintaining AZ's internal model scanning pipeline infrastructure and ensuring continued appropriate ingestion in compliance and governance systems (in the case of self-hosted deployment) monitoring container releases and updates).
  • Reviewing output from the model scanner to ensure it is meeting requirements.
  • Setting organizational policy around "acceptable" risk in model vulnerabilities and providing internal guidance and overrides where necessary.
• AI Attack Simulation (SaaS-only)
  • Maintaining AIAS tasks that are implemented into application pipelines.
  • Adding AIAS tasks to new applications or running on-demand attack simulations.
  • Reviewing attack simulation results and determining application risk levels.
  • Setting organizational policy around "acceptable" risk in applications and providing remediation guidance to application teams.
• Runtime Security/AIDR (self-hosted hybrid deployment)
  • Maintaining the self-hosted HiddenLayer environment and ensuring availability for AZ applications (via the proposed AI/LLM Gateway).
  • Ensuring continued appropriate ingestion of runtime logs and results in SIEMs and SoRs.
  • Monitoring container releases and updates.
  • Setting organizational policy around runtime behavior (blocking vs alerting) in applications.
  • Determining alerting thresholds and appropriate warning or escalation behavior for identified runtime misuse/attacks.
  • Reviewing alerts and escalations from HiddenLayer and taking appropriate action (remediation, tuning policy for specific applications, etc.).
  • Ensuring that new applications are appropriately protected by HL Runtime Security (via the proposed AI/LLM Gateway).

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.