AI Security Engineer — Onsite Threat Modeling & ML Security

Cybersecurity Jobs; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on payments

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Health insurance (medical, dental, etc

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Mental Health Support

Medical Advice Line

Job summary

Amazon’s Security team is seeking an AI Security Engineer to help protect AI applications used by large numbers of customers. This onsite role in Jessup, MD partners with software development teams across threat modeling, secure code review, AI security research, automation, training, and architecture guidance.

The role emphasizes independent problem solving for AI security issues and influencing engineering processes to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field such as Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering, Software Development, Mathematics, or similar.
• 3+ years of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
• Programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, or similar OO language.
• Knowledge of ML concepts and AI/ML threats such as adversarial inputs, model evasion, data poisoning, model extraction.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Create, update, and maintain threat models across multiple software projects.
• Perform manual and automated code review focusing on Java, Python, and JavaScript.
• Develop AI security automation tools.
• Conduct AI security training and outreach for internal teams.
• Provide AI security architecture and design guidance.
• Independently address AI security problems requiring novel approaches.
• Drive improvements by influencing process, priorities, and decisions.

Skills

Python

Java

JavaScript

C++

Go

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

MITRE ATLAS

Job description

Amazon’s Security team is seeking an AI Security Engineer to help protect AI applications used by large numbers of customers. This onsite role in Jessup, MD partners with software development teams across threat modeling, secure code review, AI security research, automation, training, and architecture guidance.

The role emphasizes independent problem solving for AI security issues and influencing engineering processes to improve outcomes.