AI Security & LLM Engineer

AnaVation

$120K — $150K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph
  • Bachelor's degree and 8 years of related experience
  • Certifications: IAT Level II and CSSP Infrastructure Support must be active upon onboarding
  • Hands-on experience with multi-agent orchestration tools and production-grade RAG pipelines
  • Deep understanding of AI security principles, including OWASP Top 10 for LLMs

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy multi-agent orchestration frameworks and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines
  • Develop and implement guardrails to counter prompt injection and other adversarial threats
  • Conduct LLM red teaming and simulations to assess system vulnerabilities
  • Manage token use and optimize performance to reduce latency
  • Write secure production-grade code for integrating AI models into enterprise applications

Benefits

  • Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for employee and dependents
  • 100% company paid dental insurance for employee and dependents
  • 100% company paid disability insurance
  • 100% company paid vision insurance for employee and dependents
  • 401k plan with generous match and immediate vesting
  • Generous paid leave and holiday package
  • Tuition and training reimbursement
  • Life and AD&D Insurance
Full Job Description
Description of Task to be Performed:

The AI Security & LLM Engineer willdesign, secure, and optimize our next-generation generative AI infrastructure. In this role, you will bridge the gap between advanced AI capabilities and rigorous cybersecurity practices. You will build resilient multi-agent systems while actively defending against emerging vulnerabilities like prompt injection, data exfiltration, and model manipulation.

Core Responsibilities:
  • System Architecture: Design and deploy robust multi-agent orchestration frameworks and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.
  • Adversarial Defense: Develop, implement, and maintain advanced input/output guardrails to neutralize prompt injection and adversarial attacks.
  • Red Teaming: Conduct continuous LLM red teaming and simulations to identify system vulnerabilities and structural weaknesses.
  • Performance Optimization: Manage token usage, reduce latency, and engineer efficient API rate limit management strategies.
  • Secure Development: Write clean, secure, and production-grade code to integrate frontier models into enterprise applications.

Primary Languages & Technical Stack
  • Rust or Python (at least one required)


Required Qualifications:

  • Clearance: Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph
  • Education & Years of Experience: Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience related to specific functional area.
  • Certifications: Active certifications for both IAT Level II (e.g. CompTIA Security+) and Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) Infrastructure Support (e.g. CompTIA Cloud+) by program onboarding date.
  • The following individual certifications cover both certification requirements for this program: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst, CySA+; EC-Council Certified Network Defender (CND); GlAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional, GICSP; (ISC)2 System Security Certified Practitioner (SCCP).
  • Hands-on experience and knowledge with the following:
    • AI Architecture: Proven experience with multi-agent orchestration tools and production-grade RAG pipelines.
    • AI Security: Deep understanding of OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, prompt injection defense, and guardrail frameworks.
    • Infrastructure Management: Experience handling token optimization, context window constraints, and API throttling.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Frontier Model Expertise: Hands-on experience deploying commercial frontier models (e.g., ChatGPT, Grok, Claude).
  • AI Developer Tools: Experience utilizing advanced AI-assisted development workflows such as Claude Code or Codex.
  • Security Testing: Background in traditional penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, or cryptographic concepts.


Benefits
  • Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
  • 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
  • 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
  • 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
  • Competitive Pay
  • Generous paid leave and holiday package
  • Tuition and training reimbursement
  • Life and AD&D Insurance

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