AI Cyber Engineer

TEKsystems • Las Vegas, NV • 1h ago

Title: AI Cybersecurity Engineer

Location: Remote (U.S.)

Type: 6-month Contract-to-Hire

Overview

We are supporting a large enterprise organization building a new AI Security program. They are seeking an AI Cybersecurity Engineer who can design and implement security controls around AI/ML environments, secure model pipelines, and protect against emerging AI-specific threats. This role offers high visibility with senior leadership and the opportunity to help shape a greenfield AI security practice.

Top Skills

5+ years of Cloud Engineering (Azure required)

Cybersecurity assessment experience focused on AI security controls - ideally with Microsoft technologies

Strong communication skills - ability to interact with C-level leaders

Responsibilities

Design and implement security controls for AI/ML pipelines (training, evaluation, deployment, inference).

Build and maintain secure reference architectures for GenAI and ML solutions.

Implement cloud security best practices: least privilege, segmentation, secrets management, encryption, and baseline hardening.

Identify and mitigate AI-specific threats, including:

Prompt injection (direct & indirect)

Data poisoning

Model inversion/extraction

Membership inference

Sensitive data leakage in prompts, outputs, logs, embeddings

Define and enforce technical and policy guardrails for AI workloads.

Ensure secure handling of prompts, conversation memory, completions, and embeddings.

Configure, implement, and troubleshoot cybersecurity tools and infrastructure.

Monitor and tune cyber tools; respond to security events and incidents.

Assist with capacity planning, documentation, SOP creation, and cyber practice exercises.

Support security across mixed environments (Microsoft, IBM, Linux, proprietary OS, industrial systems).

Collaborate with cloud, app sec, and architecture teams to secure AI deployments.

Environment & Tools

Cloud: Primarily Azure, some AWS

AI: Microsoft Foundry + open-source LLMs used in dev environments

Not DevOps heavy, but supply chain understanding is a plus

Support available from internal AppSec team

Interview Process

Technical interview

Cultural fit

Leadership round

Why This Role Is Exciting

High visibility with CISO and Directors

Opportunity to be a foundational member of a new AI Security program

100% remote, highly collaborative environment

Net-new initiative focused on reducing enterprise AI risk

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Las Vegas, NV.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $90.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 16, 2026.

h4>About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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