AI Security Engineer

Insight Global; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

Paid leave

401(k) benefits

Job summary

A technology staffing firm in San Jose is seeking an AI Cyber Security Engineer to automate customer issues using LLMs. The role involves research, coding in Python, and working with existing LLMs and databases. Candidates should have 8 years of industry experience, focusing on security, and be capable of independent research. Competitive salary and benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• 8 years experience as a Cyber Security Engineer.
• Experience with security research and threat intelligence.
• Self-driven researchers with experience in coding.

Responsibilities

• Gather research based on customer requirements.
• Automate issues using LLMs.
• Spend time researching vulnerability management and coding.

Skills

Cyber Security Engineering

Hands-on security research

Threat intelligence

Vulnerability management

Coding in Python

Working with LLMs

Tools

LangChain

ChromaDB

Fine-tuning tools

DeepSpeed-Chat

OpenAI Fine-Tuning API

Job description

This range is provided by Insight Global. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$180,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

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Required Skills & Experience

-8 years experience as a Cyber Security Engineer, with hands-on experience in security research, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, red teaming, or detection engineering

-Experience working with LLMs, using them to solve cybersecurity challenges

-Experience with retrieval tools such as LangChain, and ChromaDB

-Experience using Fine-tuning techniques and tools including LoRA, QLoRA, DeepSpeed-Chat / TRL, OpenAI Fine-Tuning API, MosaicML Platform

-Experience using LLM Agent frameworks such as LangChain Agents, AutoGPT, Microsoft AutoGen, HuggingGPT, CrewAI

-Experience using optimization tools such as Quantization, FlashAttention, Distillation, DeepSpeed-Inference / FasterTransformer

Job Description

Insight Global is hiring a AI Cyber Security Engineer join the team, based out of San Jose, CA. This person will be focused on gathering research dependent on requirements from the customers and figuring out what is the most efficient way to automate their issues using LLMs. This person will spend about 75% of their time researching areas like vulnerability management, CVE databases, and SIEM logs, and 20–25% coding in Python to prototype and connect tools for the engineering team. They will work with existing LLMs and vector databases (e.g., LangChain, ChromaDB, MosaicML) to configure secure solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience in a security firm or on a security-focused team, are self-driven researchers, and can bridge AI with cybersecurity.

Compensation: The salary for this position ranges from 180,000-250,000/year. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefits package for this role may include healthcare insurance offerings and paid leave as provided by applicable law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Engineering, and Project Management

• Industries

  Security and Investigations, Computer and Network Security, and Data Infrastructure and Analytics

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

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