AI Security Engineer — Secure AI/ML at Scale (Hybrid)

Tenable, Inc.; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and vision

401(k) matching

Employee stock purchase plan

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Tenable is seeking an AI Security Engineer to shape security for Tenable's AI/ML initiatives, securing products and enterprise deployments. You will design controls, lead assessments, and drive security standards for responsible AI use across teams.

Ideal candidates have hands-on AI security experience, strong communication, and ability to work across engineering, product, and security functions to improve posture and protect critical assets.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in information security or app security.
• Awareness of AI-specific security threats (adversarial ML, poisoning, prompt injection).
• Knowledge of SDLC, DevSecOps, and security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA).
• Experience with web apps, Docker, and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end security controls across the AI/ML lifecycle.
• Lead AI security assessments, threat modeling and governance.
• Collaborate with engineers to embed security into development, training and deployment.

Skills

AI security

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Python

Cloud security

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Cybersecurity/Data Science

Tools

Burp Suite

ZAP

Tenable WAS

Job description

Tenable is seeking an AI Security Engineer to shape security for Tenable's AI/ML initiatives, securing products and enterprise deployments. You will design controls, lead assessments, and drive security standards for responsible AI use across teams.

Ideal candidates have hands-on AI security experience, strong communication, and ability to work across engineering, product, and security functions to improve posture and protect critical assets.