AI Security Engineer (Mid) - Federal Cyber Defense

Koniag Government Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

401K with company match

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Koniag Data Solutions, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks an experienced AI Security Engineer (Mid) to support a federal cybersecurity program at a Washington DC client site with approved telework. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and governing AI/ML capabilities within the enterprise security stack.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on AI security engineering experience in complex federal IT environments, strong knowledge of NIST/NIST AI governance, and the ability to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS/AI/Cybersecurity/IS.
• Minimum 4 years IT or cybersecurity experience; 2+ years in AI security.
• Experience developing, training, and deploying ML models for security use cases.
• Experience integrating AI into security tools and workflows.
• Familiarity with FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, and AI governance guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain AI-powered security capabilities.
• Develop ML models for anomaly detection, threat analytics, and automated threat hunting.
• Implement AI-driven SIEM enhancements (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel) and UEBA configurations.
• Integrate AI capabilities across the enterprise security tool stack.
• Support AI governance, risk assessments, and compliance activities.
• Prepare technical documentation and runbooks for AI security capabilities.

Skills

AI security

Machine learning

Cybersecurity frameworks

NIST SP 800-53

FISMA

Zero Trust

DevSecOps

Python

PowerShell

SIEM

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / AI / Cybersecurity / IS

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Koniag Data Solutions, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks an experienced AI Security Engineer (Mid) to support a federal cybersecurity program at a Washington DC client site with approved telework. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and governing AI/ML capabilities within the enterprise security stack.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on AI security engineering experience in complex federal IT environments, strong knowledge of NIST/NIST AI governance, and the ability to drive