AI Security Engineer

HumanInTech; Brussel Hoofdstad; Híbrido; EUR 55.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HumanInTech in Brussels is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to embed security across the AI lifecycle, protecting models, data and integrations and applying responsible AI principles.

You will perform threat modelling, risk and security assessments for GenAI, ML and agentic AI solutions, and develop guardrails for identity, data, and prompt security. This 12-month assignment welcomes freelancers or employees.

Formación

• Demonstrable experience in cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, or application security.
• Knowledge of GDPR, AI Act, NIS2 or similar frameworks.
• Experience with security testing and translating findings into actionable measures.

Responsabilidades

• Perform threat modelling, risk and security assessments for GenAI, ML and agentic AI solutions.
• Develop guardrails for identity, least privilege, secrets, network isolation, data and prompt security, tool usage, output validation, logging and monitoring.
• Test abuse scenarios including prompt injection, data exfiltration, excessive permissions and misuse of tools or agents.
• Integrate security requirements into sandboxes, gateways, pipelines, model and dependency management, and production platforms.
• Help design security monitoring and incident response for AI components, including audit trails and escalation.
• Assess suppliers, models, libraries and external AI services as part of supply chain risk management.

Conocimientos

Cybersecurity engineering

Cloud security

Application security

IAM

DevSecOps

Threat modelling

Security testing

Risk assessments

GDPR / AI Act / NIS2

LLM / AI security

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree or higher

Descripción del empleo

What you will do

You will build security into the full AI lifecycle, protecting AI solutions, models, agents, data and integrations. At the same time, you will help apply AI responsibly for detection, analysis, vulnerability management, patch prioritisation and secure development. Human responsibility and control remain the guiding principle.

Your responsibilities include:

• Performing threat modelling, risk and security assessments for GenAI, ML and agentic AI solutions
• Developing guardrails for identity, least privilege, secrets, network isolation, data and prompt security, tool usage, output validation, logging and monitoring
• Testing abuse scenarios, including prompt injection, unwanted data exfiltration, excessive permissions, untrusted output and misuse of tools or agents
• Integrating security requirements into sandboxes, gateways, pipelines, model and dependency management, and production platforms
• Helping design security monitoring and incident response for AI components, including ownership, audit trails and escalation
• Assessing suppliers, models, libraries and external AI services as part of supply chain risk management

What we are looking for

Technical competencies

• Demonstrable experience in cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, application security, IAM, SOC or DevSecOps
• Insight into the specific risks of LLMs, agents, retrieval, and model and data supply chains
• Experience with security testing, technical risk assessments and translating findings into actionable measures
• Ability to enable innovation with proportionate controls, without reducing security to a checklist
• Knowledge of GDPR, AI Act, NIS2 or similar frameworks
• Knowledge of the public sector, G-Cloud or OISZ context is an asset

Generic competencies

• Innovation: you follow the latest trends and experiment with innovative AI technologies
• Problem-solving: you analyse complex issues and translate them into pragmatic solutions
• Collaboration: you work smoothly with colleagues from different disciplines (IT, business, security, architecture)
• Communication: you can explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Advisory skills: you are strong in structuring, visualising, advising and guiding multidisciplinary decision-making
• Results-oriented: you monitor deadlines and ensure quality deliverables

The setting

This assignment runs for 12 months, starting in mid-December 2026. The work location is Brussels, with hybrid working available.

You will need active knowledge of Dutch, English and French.

You can join us for this assignment as a freelancer or as an employee of HumanInTech. Same role, same team. If you join as an employee, your employment continues beyond this assignment. When it ends, we’ll work together to find your next assignment.

Location: Brussels, hybrid

Work address: Belgium

Employer / contracting party: HumanInTech

Applications close (Brussels time): November 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Engagement: Freelance or employed by HumanInTech

Working hours: Full-time

Experience: 3–5 years or more

Education: Bachelor's or more

Published: October 2026