AT&T

Lead Cybersecurity - Insider Risk Engineer

AT&T$141K — $211K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 0-2 years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, analytics, or applied ML (internships/academic projects welcome).
  • Strong fundamentals in Python.
  • Knowledge of data structures, APIs, and basic software engineering practices (testing, code reviews, Git).
  • Experience with data handling using pandas/SQL.
  • Understanding of ML basics and/or LLM application patterns.
  • Familiarity with at least one AI/ML framework or platform (coursework/labs acceptable) such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn.
  • Ability to write clear documentation and communicate trade-offs.

Responsibilities

  • Build AI prototypes and small services that solve defined problems (e.g., text classification, summarization).
  • Develop and maintain data pipelines for AI use cases.
  • Create and iterate on LLM prompts and RAG patterns for internal knowledge use cases.
  • Implement evaluation methods for AI outputs and report results.
  • Support model lifecycle tasks including experiment tracking and basic MLOps.
  • Integrate AI components into existing applications via APIs.
  • Document solutions and contribute to internal reusable components.

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (at least 23 days of vacation and 9 holidays)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Caregiver Leave
  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Extensive employee wellness programs
Full Job Description

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

The Insider Risk AI Engineer supports the design, development, and deployment of AI-enabled solutions that improve security operations and business workflows. This role focuses on building and iterating AI/ML and GenAI components (data prep, prompt/workflow design, evaluation, and lightweight model development), partnering with senior engineers, product owners, and operational teams to move prototypes into reliable services.

Key Responsibilities (AI-Focused)

  • Build AI prototypes and small services that solve defined problems (e.g., text classification, summarization, routing, search, Q&A, extraction).
  • Develop andmaintaindata pipelines for AI use cases (collect, clean, label, transform) using approved data sources.
  • Create and iterate on LLM prompts, agent/workflow logic, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns for internal knowledge use cases.
  • Implement evaluation methods for AI outputs (quality,groundedness, hallucination checks, latency, cost) and report results.
  • Support model lifecycle tasks: experiment tracking, versioning, basicMLOps(packaging, deployment, monitoring).
  • Assistin integrating AI components into existing applications via APIs and lightweight UI or automation.
  • Document solutions (design notes, datasets, prompt versions, test cases) and contribute to internal reusable components.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define success metrics, acceptance criteria, and guardrails for AI-enabled features.

Example Use Cases (Optional)

  • Summarize tickets/incidents into standardized notes and action items.
  • Auto-tag and route requests based on description content.
  • Extract entities and indicators from unstructured text (emails, logs, reports).
  • Build an internal knowledge assistant over approved documentation with citations.
  • Generate draft playbooks/runbooks from templates and curated inputs.

Required Skills / Qualifications

  • 02 years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, analytics, or applied ML (internships/academic projects welcome).
  • Strong fundamentals in Python.
  • Working knowledge of:
  • Data structures, APIs, and basic software engineering practices (testing, code reviews, Git)
  • Data handling with pandas/SQL
  • ML basics (train/test splits, overfitting, common metrics) and/or LLM application patterns
  • Familiarity with at least one AI/ML framework or platform (coursework/labs acceptable):PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, or common LLM tooling.
  • Ability to write clear documentation and communicate tradeoffs (quality vs cost vs latency).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with GenAI application development patterns:
  • RAG (embeddings, vector databases, chunking strategies)
  • Prompt engineering and prompt versioning
  • Tool/function calling and agentic workflows
  • Output evaluation and red-teaming basics (prompt injection awareness, safety filters)
  • Exposure toMLOpsconcepts: CI/CD for ML, model registry, feature stores,monitoringdrift.
  • Experience with cloud services (any of AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization (Docker).
  • Basic understanding of privacy/security fundamentals for AI systems (data handling, access controls, logging).

Preferred Qualifications (expanded to include cybersecurity-aligned experience)

  • Experience with GenAI application development patterns:
  • RAG (embeddings, vector databases, chunking strategies)
  • Prompt engineering and prompt versioning
  • Tool/function calling and agentic workflows
  • Output evaluation and red-teaming basics (prompt injection awareness, safety filters)
  • Exposure toMLOpsconcepts: CI/CD for ML, model registry, feature stores,monitoringdrift
  • Experience with cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
  • Basic understanding of privacy/security fundamentals for AI systems (data handling, access controls, logging)

Cybersecurity-aligned preferred experience (nice-to-have):

  • Experience partnering with or supporting aSOC(e.g., translating analyst workflows into automations, alert triage enrichment, case summarization).
  • Familiarity withSIEM/EDR concepts and data(e.g., Splunk/Sentinel-like searches, endpoint telemetry, detection event schemas) to build AI features on top of security telemetry.
  • Exposure tothreat intelligence & IOC handling(IPs/domains/URLs/hashes) and using AI to extract/normalize indicators from unstructured text.
  • Working knowledge ofincident response lifecycleand case management processes (ticketing, evidence handling, basic post-incident reporting).
  • Awareness ofsecure software practices(secretsmanagement, least privilege, dependency hygiene) when building and deploying AI services.

Education/Experience: Bachelors degree (BS/BA) desired in Computer Science or Cybersecurity. 5+ years of related experience. Certification is required in some areas.

Supervisor:

No

Our Lead Cybersecurity earns between$141,300-$211,900 USD Annual, not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

  • 401(k) plan

  • Tuition reimbursement program

  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Paid Caregiver Leave

  • Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected

  • Adoption Reimbursement

  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)

  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance

  • Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal

  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

  • Extensive employee wellness programs

  • Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories,

  • AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.

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Our Lead Cybersecurity jobs earn between $141,300.00 - $211,900.00 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Caregiver Leave
  • Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
  • Adoption Reimbursement
  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Extensive employee wellness programs
  • Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

USA:NC:Charlotte / Ibm Dr - Adm:8505 Ibm Dr

Salary Range:

$141,300.00 - $211,900.00

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