AI Security & LLM Engineer

Job description

**Be Challenged and Make a Difference** In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture. **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.