AI Security Engineer

EMCOR Group, Inc.; Phoenix, Norwalk (AZ, CT); On-site; USD 134,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Bonus eligible

401(k) Savings Plan

Job summary

EMCOR Group, Inc. is seeking an AI Security Engineer based in Phoenix, Arizona, responsible for securing artificial intelligence capabilities across the organization. The role involves designing and implementing security controls to mitigate risks related to AI systems.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cybersecurity and security engineering, with a solid understanding of AI/ML concepts and cloud security, ensuring the safe adoption of AI within EMCOR.

Qualifications

• Seven years minimum experience in cybersecurity, security engineering and security architecture.
• Three years minimum experience securing cloud platforms, APIs, and CI/CD.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts.

Responsibilities

• Adopt and maintain the Enterprise AI Security Reference Architecture.
• Establish security patterns for AI use cases.
• Conduct threat modeling for AI systems.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security engineering

Security architecture

AI/ML concepts

Incident response

Cloud security

Effective communication

Education

CISSP, CCSP, or GIAC certification (preferred)

Job description

About Us

A Fortune 500® company, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), is a leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and building services. EMCOR companies plan, install, operate, maintain, and protect the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments—such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security, fire protection, and power generation systems—in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses, organizations, and government.

Job Summary

EMCOR Group, Inc. seeks an AI Security Engineer who will be responsible for securing the organization’s artificial intelligence capabilities—including GenAI systems, ML pipelines, model hosting, AI integrations, and AI-enabled business processes—through a combination of security architecture, governance, risk management, and hands‑on engineering. This role designs and implements security controls to reduce risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, model exfiltration, supply‑chain compromise, unauthorized use, and AI‑driven abuse, while enabling safe adoption across the enterprise.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Adopt and maintain the Enterprise AI Security Reference Architecture
• Establish security patterns and guardrails for AI use cases including approved data sources, allowed tools, etc.
• Conduct threat modeling for AI systems and integrations and translate threats into technical controls
• Operationalize AI governance with EMCOR Legal and Risk
• Work with EMCOR Security Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) to maintain the AI risk assessment process
• Implement and maintain controls to prevent data leakage and sensitive information exposure in AI prompts, outputs, logs, and training sets
• Work with EMCOR Security Identity and Access Management (IAM) and GRC to deploy and tune protections like DLP, data classification, prompt and response filtering, RAG hardening and model endpoint security
• Integrate and maintain AI security testing capabilities such as prompt injection, model behavior evaluations, adversarial testing, etc.
• Work with EMCOR Security Operations to define and implement logging and monitoring requirements, create detection use cases, and playbooks for AI related incidents
• Assist with AI vendor and cloud services assessments

Qualifications

• Seven years minimum experience in cybersecurity, security engineering and security architecture
• Three years minimum experience securing cloud platforms, APIs, and CI/CD
• Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts
• Experience with security monitoring and detection, and incident response
• CISSP, CCSP, or GIAC or equivalent certification preferred
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with personnel at all levels
• Must be capable of delivering a very high level of customer service

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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Notice to Prospective Employees

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Compensation

Compensation Range: $134,000 - $171,000.

Other Compensation: This position is bonus eligible.

Benefits: We are committed to providing employees a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with health savings and flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability, a 401(k) Savings Plan, College Coach and employee assistance program.