AI Agent Engineer

V-IT NV; Vlaams-Brabant; Hybride; EUR 80 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

V-IT NV is seeking a Lead AI Agent Engineer to shape AI-driven security operations. You will define, build, and operationalize AI agents to enhance threat intelligence, enrichment, and incident response within an enterprise environment.

The role requires hands-on delivery, ownership from concept to production, and collaboration with security analysts and engineers to ensure scalable, maintainable solutions. Hybrid work with onsite presence 3 days a week is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in cybersecurity, security operations, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, exposure management, incident response, or related cybersecurity disciplines.
• Proven experience in designing and delivering AI-enabled solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Experience in building, deploying, and maintaining production-ready solutions.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership from concept to implementation, documentation, and handover.
• Strong understanding of operational requirements and the ability to translate them into robust and scalable solutions.
• Experience collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders in multidisciplinary environments.

Responsabilités

• Designing and building AI agents to support cybersecurity use cases and create measurable value for Security Operations.
• Own the full AI agent lifecycle from use case identification through deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain AI agents for security operations such as threat intelligence gathering and enrichment.
• Validate ideas quickly through structured experimentation and translate challenges into practical AI-enabled solutions.
• Collaborate with security analysts, engineers, and SMEs to refine requirements and support adoption.
• Ensure solutions are maintainable and supported by the SOC team after assignment.
• Create clear technical documentation, procedures, and knowledge transfer materials for long-term support.

Connaissances

Cybersecurity

AI solutions design

Production-ready

Independent ownership

Stakeholder collaboration

Operational requirements

Technical communication

Description du poste

Lead AI Agent Engineer - Security Operations

The Assignment:

As a Lead AI Agent Engineer, you will be instrumental in defining, building, and operationalizing AI agents to enhance the effectiveness, scalability, and resilience of Security Operations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and building AI agents to support specific cybersecurity and security operations use cases, creating measurable value for the Security Operations team.
• Taking ownership of the full AI agent lifecycle, from use case identification and design through deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Building and maintaining AI agents for security operations use cases, such as threat intelligence gathering and enrichment.
• Identifying emerging opportunities where AI can add measurable value to Security Operations and rapidly validating these ideas through structured experimentation.
• Translating cybersecurity and security operations challenges into practical AI-enabled solutions that are reliable, maintainable, and suitable for production use.
• Collaborating closely with security analysts, engineers, and subject matter experts to refine requirements, validate outcomes, and support adoption.
• Ensuring delivered solutions can be adopted, maintained, and supported by the Security Operations team post-assignment.
• Creating clear technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge transfer materials to enable long-term support by the Security Operations team.
• Establishing sustainable handover and knowledge transfer processes for the SOC team to take over operational support.
• Evaluating emerging AI capabilities and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in cybersecurity, security operations, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, exposure management, incident response, or related cybersecurity disciplines.
• Proven experience in designing and delivering AI-enabled solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Experience in building, deploying, and maintaining production-ready solutions.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership from concept to implementation, documentation, and handover.
• Strong understanding of operational requirements and the ability to translate them into robust and scalable solutions.
• Experience collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders in multidisciplinary environments.

Skills & Mindset:

• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proactive, hands-on, and solution-oriented mindset.
• Comfortable operating in an evolving environment where requirements may mature over time.
• Ability to balance creativity with pragmatic execution.
• Enthusiastic about using AI to redefine modern cybersecurity team operations.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.

What We Offer:

We offer an exciting temporary assignment where you will be part of a community that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will define the society of tomorrow.

• Duration of the assignment: Until the end of 2026, with the possibility of extension.
• Work regime: Full-time
• Location: Flexibility to work both from our office premises and remotely from home, with an onsite presence required 3 days a week. 100% remote work is not possible.