Lead AI Agent Engineer - Security Operations - Leuven - Contract

ConSol Partners; Vlaams-Brabant; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ConSol Partners in Belgium is seeking a Lead AI Agent Engineer to advance AI-powered security operations. You will own the design, development, and deployment of AI agents that enhance threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and incident response within a large Security Operations team.

The role emphasizes production-grade solutions, close collaboration with security analysts and engineers, and the creation of clear documentation to enable long-term support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in cybersecurity or related disciplines.
• Proven experience designing and delivering AI-enabled solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Experience building production-ready AI-enabled security solutions.
• Ability to own projects from concept to handover and documentation.
• Translate operational requirements into robust, scalable AI solutions.
• Strong collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Take ownership of the full AI agent lifecycle from use case to deployment and adoption.
• Identify opportunities for AI to add measurable value for Security Operations and validate ideas through experiments.
• Translate cybersecurity challenges into practical, production-ready AI solutions.
• Work with security analysts, engineers and SMEs to refine requirements and ensure adoption.
• Build, deploy and maintain production-ready AI agents for Security Operations.
• Create technical documentation and knowledge transfer materials for long-term support.
• Establish handover processes so SOC can operate ongoing AI support.
• Evaluate emerging AI capabilities and pursue continuous improvement.

Connaissances

Cybersecurity

Security Operations

Threat Intelligence

AI in Security

Deployment

Documentation

Communication

English

Description du poste

Lead AI Agent Engineer - Security Operations

Initial contract till end of 2026 (consultant) + possible extension after

40 hours/week

ASAP start

Overview:

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how cybersecurity teams operate. Our client is looking for a Lead AI Agent Engineer (Cybersecurity & Security Operations) who will help build and operationalize the next generation of AI-powered cybersecurity capabilities. Working closely with their Security Operations team, you will develop AI agents that enhance threat intelligence, vulnerability management, exposure management, third-party risk management and cyber risk decision-making. This role is focused on applying AI to cybersecurity use cases and helping shape the future of AI-enabled Security Operations at our client. Your work will directly contribute to protecting one of the world's leading research and innovation organizations. While you will apply secure-by-design principles within your own AI developments, the primary focus of this role is leveraging AI to improve cybersecurity capabilities rather than providing AI governance, AI compliance or AI risk management services. Beyond building individual AI agents, you will help shape how artificial intelligence is embedded into the daily operation of our client’s Security Operations capability, enabling their security team to scale its effectiveness through intelligent automation and analyst augmentation.

The assignment

As Lead AI Agent Engineer, you will help define, build and operationalize AI agents that increase the effectiveness, scalability and resilience of Security Operations at our client. You design and build AI agents that support concrete cybersecurity and security operations use cases and create measurable value for the Security Operations team.

• Take ownership of the full AI agent lifecycle, from use case identification and design through deployment, adoption and continuous improvement. You build and maintain AI agents supporting security operations use cases (e.g. threat intelligence gathering and enrichment
• Identify emerging opportunities where AI can create measurable value for Security Operations and rapidly validate these ideas through structured experimentation.
• Translate cybersecurity and security operations challenges into practical AI-enabled solutions that are reliable, maintainable and suitable for production use.
• Work closely with security analysts, engineers and subject matter experts to refine requirements, validate outcomes and support adoption. You ensure that delivered solutions can be adopted, maintained and supported by the Security Operations team after the assignment ends.
• Build, deploy and maintain production-ready AI agents that can be sustainably operated by the security operations team.
• Create clear technical documentation, operational procedures and knowledge transfer materials to enable long-term support by the Security Operations team.
• Establish sustainable handover and knowledge transfer so the SOC team can take over operational support.
• Evaluate emerging AI capabilities and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Required knowledge and skills

• Demonstrated experience in cybersecurity, security operations, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, exposure management, incident response or related cybersecurity disciplines.(minimum 2 years is mandatory)
• Proven experience designing and delivering AI-enabled solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Experience building, deploying and maintaining production-ready solutions.
• Able 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 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.
• Able to balance creativity with pragmatic execution.
• Excited about using AI to redefine how modern cybersecurity teams operate.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written