MCP Gateway/AI Security Platform Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-17
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity
Location: New York
Title
MCP Gateway / AI Security Platform Engineer
DurationContract 9-12 months, possibly longer.
PayMarket Rate
LocationRemote/Hybrid: these are 90% offsite (maybe 100% for some). Onsite is downtown Manhattan.
NoteAll expenses paid by the client for travel, lodging and per-diem
IndustryInvestment firms for a financial-services cybersecurity engagement
CitizenshipMust be US Citizen or Legal/Permanent Resident Green Card
RequirementsClear written communication, experience, professionalism, and quality work are a must. Lead or support enterprise Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway/security work: gateway evaluation and deployment, MCP server/tool risk review, authentication/authorization safeguards, least privilege, observability, SIEM/monitoring, human‑approval controls, incident/runbook design, and secure AI‑agent/tool‑integration patterns.
Strong fit- platform engineering
- SRE
- cloud/infrastructure
- backend engineering
- IAM
- Kubernetes
- API gateways/proxies
- OAuth/OIDC/JWT
- secrets management
- CI/CD
- observability
- AI/LLM agents/tool calling/RAG
- AI security
- prompt‑injection/tool‑poisoning risk
- strong architecture documentation
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