AI Security Engineer — Hybrid Role Protecting AI Systems

PA Consulting Group; Melbourn; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and lifestyle perks

25 days annual leave

Generous pension

Annual performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Cycle to work

Job summary

PA Consulting Group is seeking an experienced security engineer focused on AI risk, protection, detection and response. The role emphasizes ownership of AI security tool selection, deployment, and integration with existing SIEM, SOAR and EDR environments.

The candidate will address AI threat landscapes, align with governance standards, and develop demonstrators that show tangible security improvements while communicating risks to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Security engineer with ML/LLM literacy and cloud experience.
• Ability to explain AI risk to non-technical decision-makers.
• Hands-on with security controls for AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements for AI security tools and run evaluations.
• Lead vendor assessments based on evidence, not marketing claims.
• Own deployment and integration with SIEM/SOAR/EDR and identity tooling.
• Demonstrate AI protection, detection and response capabilities to stakeholders.
• Conduct adversarial testing and red-team activities for AI systems.

Skills

ML/LLM literacy

Python scripting

Cloud security

Security engineering

AI risk management

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Job description

PA Consulting Group is seeking an experienced security engineer focused on AI risk, protection, detection and response. The role emphasizes ownership of AI security tool selection, deployment, and integration with existing SIEM, SOAR and EDR environments.

The candidate will address AI threat landscapes, align with governance standards, and develop demonstrators that show tangible security improvements while communicating risks to non-technical stakeholders.