Lead AI/ML Security & SecOps Engineer (Hybrid)

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC; Roseland (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision Benefits

Health Savings Account (HSA)

401(k) including match

Paid Sick Time Leave

Commuter Benefit

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is seeking a Lead MLSecOps Security Engineer for a hybrid role based in Roseland, NJ or Alpharetta, GA. You will design secure AI/ML pipelines, secure AI coding agents, and establish an Agentic Development Lifecycle security framework while collaborating with ML engineers and security teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on Python, AI/ML, MLOps, and modern security practices across CI/CD, cloud and container security, with 9–12 month contract to hire.

Qualifications

• 8 years IT or cybersecurity experience
• 5 years hands-on software engineering experience
• Strong Python/backend development
• Hands-on AI/ML and MLOps experience
• Experience with AI coding agents such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf or similar
• Understanding of Agentic AI, autonomous workflows and RAG
• Strong AI/ML security knowledge
• Knowledge of OWASP AI/ML and LLM vulnerabilities
• MLOps pipelines and model deployment experience
• CI/CD automation and security integration
• SQL/database and data-system familiarity
• Understanding of cloud and container security
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain secure AI/ML pipelines for model evaluation, deployment and inference
• Evaluate and secure AI coding agents and autonomous development workflows
• Develop security guardrails for AI-assisted software development platforms
• Help establish an Agentic Development Lifecycle security framework
• Assess security risks involving models, agents, prompts, datasets and AI applications
• Develop Python code and automation supporting AI/ML security
• Integrate model and security scanning into CI/CD pipelines
• Assess emerging AI/LLM threats including prompt injection, poisoning and adversarial attacks
• Partner with ML engineers, data scientists, developers and security teams
• Document and communicate AI security controls and risks

Skills

Python backend

AI/ML security

Agentic AI

LLM security

CI/CD security

Cloud security

Container security

SQL databases

RESTful services

DevSecOps

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Microsoft Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Windsurf

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is seeking a Lead MLSecOps Security Engineer for a hybrid role based in Roseland, NJ or Alpharetta, GA. You will design secure AI/ML pipelines, secure AI coding agents, and establish an Agentic Development Lifecycle security framework while collaborating with ML engineers and security teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on Python, AI/ML, MLOps, and modern security practices across CI/CD, cloud and container security, with 9–12 month contract to hire.