Security Engineer, AI Agents

Tactical Edge; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tactical Edge is seeking a Security Lead to own security across our cloud infrastructure, AI platforms, and customer-facing applications, ensuring secure-by-design from day one.

You will implement controls, manage compliance (SOC 2, FedRAMP, HIPAA), and collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to balance security with rapid production deployments.

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud and application security within production environments.
• Strong understanding of AWS security services and shared responsibility models.
• Familiarity with enterprise security controls, compliance standards, and risk frameworks.
• Ability to collaborate pragmatically with engineering and delivery teams.
• Hands-on mindset focused on real-world threat mitigation.
• Clear communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bonus: Experience securing AI, data platforms, or ML workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and enforce security best practices across cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Review system architectures for security risks and mitigation strategies.
• Implement and manage IAM, network security, secrets management, and data protection.
• Partner with engineering and AI teams to embed security into development workflows.
• Support security reviews, audits, and customer security questionnaires.
• Monitor, assess, and respond to security issues and vulnerabilities.
• Define and improve security standards, policies, and tooling.
• Ensure security considerations are balanced with delivery speed and usability.

Skills

Cloud security

AWS security

IAM

Network security

Secrets management

Data protection

Threat mitigation

Security audits

Job description

Secure cloud infrastructure, AI systems, and enterprise applications from architecture through production deployment.

Remote / Hybrid Security, Quality & Reliability Full-time

Role Overview

Own security across Tactical Edge's cloud infrastructure, AI platforms, and customer-facing applications. You will implement security controls, manage compliance requirements (SOC 2, FedRAMP, HIPAA), and work with engineering and delivery teams to ensure every system we build and operate meets enterprise security standards from day one.

What You'll Do

• Design and enforce security best practices across cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Review system architectures for security risks and mitigation strategies.
• Implement and manage IAM, network security, secrets management, and data protection.
• Partner with engineering and AI teams to embed security into development workflows.
• Support security reviews, audits, and customer security questionnaires.
• Monitor, assess, and respond to security issues and vulnerabilities.
• Define and improve security standards, policies, and tooling.
• Ensure security considerations are balanced with delivery speed and usability.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in cloud and application security within production environments.
• Strong understanding of AWS security services and shared responsibility models.
• Familiarity with enterprise security controls, compliance standards, and risk frameworks.
• Ability to collaborate pragmatically with engineering and delivery teams.
• Hands-on mindset focused on real-world threat mitigation.
• Clear communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bonus: Experience securing AI, data platforms, or ML workflows.

How We Work

Outcome-driven

Security that enables production, not blocks it

Enterprise-first

Governance, compliance, and trust

Secure by design

Security embedded early, not bolted on

Small teams, high ownership

Autonomy with accountability

What You'll Get

• Ownership of security for real, production AI systems
• Exposure to enterprise-scale cloud and AI architectures
• Collaboration with product, AI, engineering, and delivery teams
• Flexible work setup where applicable

Hiring Process

• 2 Security architecture discussion (real-world scenarios)
• 3 Cross-functional interview (engineering/delivery perspective)
• 4 Final conversation

We value pragmatic security, clear judgment, and collaboration over rigid gatekeeping.