AI Cyber Defense Engineer

Overview

AI Cyber Defense Engineer — Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Engineer

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference : JN -

Date Posted: 01/22/2026

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• Design, build, and test AI experiments that leverage AWS Bedrock and external lab environments, including model selection, prompting strategies, and orchestration patterns.

• Develop AI and MCP-related code using secure practices that minimize risks related to model context sharing and tool invocation.

• Implement and maintain human-in-the-loop processes to ensure responsible oversight of AI and agent workflows.

• Support data preparation, pipeline construction, and cost monitoring to keep experiments within allocated usage budgets.

• Apply cyber security knowledge to shape experiments that support threat detection, interdiction, and operational security goals.

• Document experiment configurations, testing outcomes, risks, and recommended next steps.

• Contribute reusable templates, runbooks, and guardrails to scale AI experimentation safely.

• 2–5 years of experience in AI/ML engineering, data engineering, or software engineering roles.

• Hands-on experience with AWS Bedrock, including model provisioning, API integration, prompt configuration, and model evaluation.

• Proficiency in Python, including interacting with AI/LLM APIs and building small-scale automation or orchestration components.

• Understanding of secure AI development practices, including safe prompt design and data handling minimization.

• Experience implementing workflows that include human-in-the-loop validation or approval steps.

• Exposure to cyber security concepts such as detection engineering, incident response, threat intelligence, or security operations.

• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, S3, Cloud Watch, Step Functions, or Dynamo
  
  DB.

• Experience with RAG patterns, vector databases, or embeddings (preferred).

• Familiarity with model safety evaluations or responsible AI frameworks (preferred).

• Prior work building prototypes or proof-of-concept AI tools (preferred).

• Understanding of secure coding principles and adversarial AI risks (preferred).

Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist hiring teams in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position.

All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:
Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30…