AI Security Engineer

PRECISE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible PTO

Retirement plan with matching

Training and development

Paid parental leave

Jury duty leave

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Annual charity donation match

Job summary

Precise Software Solutions Inc. is seeking an AI Security Engineer to secure AI-enabled applications for the U.S. Government.

You will lead security and compliance work for AI systems through ATO, adversarial testing, red teaming of LLMs, supply chain risk management, and AI incident response. This role ramps up around ATO milestones and major releases. Responsibilities include implementing Zero Trust, FIPS encryption, and secure LLM API key handling; developing incident response and business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, or a related technical discipline with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience supporting federal ATO efforts under NIST RMF and NIST SP 800-53 Moderate.
• 1+ year of hands-on experience securing or testing AI/ML or Generative AI systems (LLMs, threat modeling).
• Experience with cloud security in FedRAMP-authorized environments (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
• Experience with vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and remediation tracking tools.

Responsibilities

• Support the NIST RMF ATO process for each AI system, including boundary definition, categorization, and official documentation.
• Plan and perform AI-specific adversarial testing and red-teaming; track findings through remediation.
• Assemble AI security certification packages and ensure no High or Critical findings remain at release.
• Implement and verify security controls for AI systems including Zero Trust and encryption.
• Develop and maintain AI Incident Response Plan and Business Continuity Plan; lead post-incident reviews.
• Design security monitoring for AI workloads and track control drift compliance.
• Assist privacy documentation and annual assessments; advise engineers on secure design and code reviews.

Skills

NIST RMF

AI security

Adversarial testing

FedRAMP

Security incident response

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or CS

Tools

Vulnerability scanning tools

Penetration testing tools

Job description

Description

Precise Software Solutions Inc. is seeking an AI Security Engineer to secure AI-enabled applications for the U.S. Government. You will lead security and compliance work for AI systems: getting them through the Authority to Operate (ATO) process, adversarial testing and red teaming of large language models, supply chain risk management, and AI incident response. This role ramps up around ATO milestones, major releases, and new AI use cases.

• Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).
• Must reside in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and be able to work on-site at Government offices in DC 3 x a week.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a NACI Tier 1 background investigation.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the NIST RMF ATO process for each AI system, including boundary definition, FISMA categorization, and authorization documents (SSP, SAR, POA&M).
• Plan and perform AI-specific adversarial testing and red teaming (prompt injection, jailbreak, data poisoning, model inversion/extraction, unsafe output, and unauthorized disclosure), and track findings through remediation.
• Assemble AI security certification packages, including vulnerability scan and penetration test results and POA&M updates, so that no High or Critical findings remain unmitigated at release.
• Implement and verify security controls for AI systems: Zero Trust and least-privilege access, FIPS-validated encryption, secrets management, secure LLM API key handling, and FedRAMP boundary and TIC compliance.
• Develop and maintain the AI Incident Response Plan and Business Continuity Plan; support incident triage, containment, and reporting within required timeframes; and lead post-incident reviews.
• Design security monitoring for AI workloads, including detection of prompt-injection attempts, jailbreaks, credential misuse, and vector database anomalies, plus compliance tracking of control drift.
• Support privacy documentation (PTA/PIA), significant-change notifications, annual assessments, and continuous monitoring reviews.
• Advise AI engineers during design and code reviews to build security in, and brief Government security staff on risks and mitigations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, or a related technical discipline and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience supporting federal ATO efforts under the NIST RMF and the NIST SP 800-53 Moderate control baseline.
• 1+ year of hands-on experience securing or testing AI/ML or Generative AI systems, such as LLM red teaming, prompt-injection testing, or AI threat modeling.
• Experience with cloud security in FedRAMP-authorized environments (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Experience with vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and remediation tracking tools.
• Experience developing incident response and supply chain risk management documentation.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).
• Must reside in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and be able to work on-site at Government offices.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a NACI Tier 1 background investigation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Security certification such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, OSCP, or CEH.
• Familiarity with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, and MITRE ATLAS.
• Experience with federal GRC tools and with SBOM generation or analysis (CycloneDX or SPDX).
• Experience with NIST SP 800-161 (supply chain) and NIST SP 800-171 requirements.

ABOUT US

Precise Software Solutions, Inc. is a mission-focused technology services company delivering secure digital platforms, infrastructure, and operational IT services to government organizations. A CMMI Level 3-appraised company, Precise partners with agency technology leaders and solution providers to design, build, operate, and modernize enterprise IT solutions that support critical public missions combining agility, innovation, and performance to deliver measurable results.

Precise specializes in cloud and hybrid infrastructure, platform engineering, security operations and compliance, application modernization, and data platforms and analytics. The company is known for its agile, delivery-driven approach and innovative engineering practices, applying operational rigor and performance-focused execution to improve system resilience, security, and scalability across complex government environments.

BENEFITS AND PERKS

• Comprehensive Health Benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Retirement Plan with 4% match and discretionary match at year end
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 15 days of PTO accrued per year; 7 holidays+ 3 Floating holidays; 2 Innovation days (paid training days)
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Jury Duty leave
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Training and Development
• Wellness Incentives & Discount programs
• Employee Referral Program
• Annual Charity Donation Match
• Awards and Recognition

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Precise Software Solutions is committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status.

We are an inclusive organization and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential. We expect every member of the Precise community to do their part to cultivate and maintain an environment where everyone has the opportunity to feel included and is afforded the respect and dignity they deserve.