AI Security and Assurance Technical Lead

Agile Defense; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Defense is seeking a senior AI Security and Assurance Technical Lead to drive security across data, AI, and software delivery efforts for government missions. You will translate requirements into engineering practices, oversee RMF activities, and guide secure deployment across multiple teams and environments.

Leading with threat modeling, security testing, and continuous monitoring, you will coordinate with data, AI, and regional teams to sustain security controls and risk-informed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8 years of progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, or secure digital-capability delivery.
• 3 years leading cybersecurity technical teams or workstreams responsible for RMF assessment and authorization and secure software or data-platform delivery.
• Experience securing AI/ML capabilities and automated delivery pipelines in classified, cloud, or tactical-edge environments.
• Experience applying AI risk-management methods, including the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, to security planning and technical assurance.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and maintain the clearance and access required for the assignment.

Responsibilities

• Translate Government security requirements into contractor engineering practices, security acceptance criteria, and reusable control evidence across the enterprise hub, regional teams, and resident command teams.
• Identify and assess risks introduced by data and AI capabilities. Direct threat modeling and security testing covering data and model integrity, unauthorized disclosure, adversarial manipulation, and software supply-chain dependencies.
• Lead RMF artifact development with ISSEs and SRRs. Coordinate assessments and prepare evidence supporting authorization to test, connect, and operate.
• Direct implementation and management of CI/CD security capabilities supporting DevSecOps. Embed vulnerability detection, automated security testing, and remediation verification into delivery workflows.
• Coordinate with data operations and AI teams on data protection, access controls, secure infrastructure, and risk management for AI experiments, release readiness, and sustainment.
• Oversee continuous security-control monitoring and remediation prioritization, maintaining evidence and transition information for each capability.
• Provide technical direction and coaching to assigned cybersecurity, RMF, and DevSecOps personnel; ensure alignment with enterprise requirements across regional teams.
• Report risks, dependencies, and remediation status to the Program Manager and Government stakeholders; document security concurrence for contractor releases.

Skills

RMF assessment & authorization

CI/CD security

Threat modeling

AI/ML security

Security testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity/computer science/IS/engineering

Job description

About Agile Defense

At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.

Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.

This role serves as the senior cybersecurity and DevSecOps lead responsible for integrating security, risk management, and compliance across data, AI, and software delivery efforts. The position ensures Government security requirements are translated into actionable engineering practices, oversees RMF and authorization support activities, and directs continuous security monitoring throughout the system lifecycle. Working closely with technical leads, regional teams, and Government stakeholders, this role drives secure implementation, risk-informed decision-making, and enterprise-wide consistency in support of mission-critical capabilities.

• Translate Government security requirements into contractor engineering practices, security acceptance criteria, and reusable control evidence across the enterprise hub, regional teams, and resident command teams.
• Identify and assess risks introduced by data and AI capabilities. Direct threat modeling and security testing covering data and model integrity, unauthorized disclosure, adversarial manipulation, and software supply-chain dependencies.
• Lead Risk Management Framework (RMF) artifact development with Information Systems Security Officers and Security Control Assessor Representatives. Coordinate assessments and prepare evidence supporting authorization to test, connect, and operate.
• Direct implementation and management of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) security capabilities supporting DevSecOps. Embed vulnerability detection, automated security testing, and remediation verification into delivery workflows.
• Coordinate with the Data Operations Technical Lead on data protection, access controls, and secure infrastructure, and with the Data Science and Analytics Technical Lead and other task leads on AI-specific risks, experimentation, release readiness, and sustainment.
• Oversee continuous security-control monitoring and risk reassessment. Maintain actionable remediation priorities, control evidence, and security transition information for each supported capability.
• Provide technical direction and coaching to assigned cybersecurity, RMF, and DevSecOps personnel. Work through regional management teams to correct security nonconformance and align local execution with enterprise requirements.
• Report security risks, authorization dependencies, and remediation status to the Program Manager and Government stakeholders. Recommend corrective action and document security concurrence for contractor release reviews.

Minimum Qualifications

It is required that the AI Security and Assurance Technical Lead has the following qualifications:

• A bachelor's or advanced degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related discipline
• 8 years of progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, or secure digital-capability delivery, including at least three years supporting Department of War or Intelligence Community environments.
• 3 years leading cybersecurity technical teams or workstreams responsible for RMF assessment and authorization and secure software or data-platform delivery.
• Experience securing AI/ML capabilities and automated delivery pipelines in classified, cloud, or tactical-edge environments, including reuse of security controls and evidence across authorized environments.
• Experience applying AI risk-management methods, including the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, to security planning and technical assurance.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and maintain the clearance and access required for the assignment

Our Core Values

Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.

What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.

• Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
• Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
• Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
• Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
• Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
• Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.

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