AI Security Architect

Location: Must reside within a commutable distance of Fort Meade, MD or Chambersburg, PA and work a hybrid onsite schedule with four days onsite weekly.

Salary: $136,000–$153,000 annually

Company

Government services and solutions firm providing security compliance, program governance, consulting, and customized solutions for public sector clients.

What you will do

• Provide security architecture and engineering guidance for AI/ML systems, LLMs, generative AI, and supporting infrastructure.
• Apply the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to system design, integration, deployment, and operation.
• Identify AI-specific threats and vulnerabilities, including prompt injection, data poisoning, and model evasion, and recommend mitigations.
• Architect and review secure data pipelines for collecting, processing, training, validating, and supplying data to AI/ML models.
• Protect mission information and Controlled Unclassified Information throughout model training and inference.
• Collaborate with system owners, architects, developers, ISSMs, ISSOs, and Government leadership to implement security from concept through production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience and 10+ years of related experience.
• At least one qualifying DoD 8140 Work Role 652 – Security Architect certification, such as Security+ or CASP+ CE, CCSP, Cloud+, CISSP, CSSLP, CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSIP, or GSEC.
• Current DoD Top Secret clearance required and must be maintained.
• Residence within commuting distance of Fort Meade, MD or Chambersburg, PA is required for the hybrid onsite schedule.
• Experience securing AI/ML technologies, including LLMs and generative AI, and designing or evaluating secure AI/ML data architectures and pipelines.
• Knowledge of RMF, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, NIST AI RMF, AI-specific vulnerabilities, and practical cybersecurity engineering solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical coverage with three plan options, dental and vision insurance.
• Personal time off, paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Retirement savings accounts, flexible and dependent care savings accounts, and life insurance.
• Long- and short-term disability coverage and an employee assistance program.
• Tuition and training reimbursement; telecommuting may be available.