Python Developer (Cyber)

Innova Solutions Inc; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & pharmacy coverage

Dental/vision insurance

401(k)

HSA and FSA

Life Insurance

Pet Insurance

Disability protection

Paid time off & leaves

EAP

Referral bonus

Job summary

Innova Solutions in Charlotte, NC / Chandler, AZ is seeking a contract AI/ML engineer focused on cybersecurity. The role blends prompt engineering, harness development, and automated validation across SAST/DAST, WAF, and attack surface management workflows.

The position is full-time on a 13-month contract, with three days onsite and two days remote, offering a competitive hourly rate in the market. Collaboration with security researchers and engineers is essential for rapid incident analysis.

Qualifications

• Advanced prompt engineering (few-shot, chain-of-thought, structured outputs) for LLMs in security contexts.
• Knowledge of vulnerability management (CVE/CWE triage) and ASM workflows.
• Familiarity with SAST/DAST tooling outputs and security telemetry correlation.

Responsibilities

• Design, refine, and optimize context-aware LLM prompts for cyber defense and threat intelligence workflows.
• Build automated evaluation harnesses to test prompt accuracy, robustness, and drift over time.
• Create automated workflows to ingest, normalize, and analyze security telemetry across SAST/DAST/WAF logs.

Skills

Prompt engineering

LLM evaluation

Vulnerability management

Security telemetry

Data querying

Tools

SAST/DAST tooling

PostgreSQL

Scripting pipelines

Job description

Position Details

Position type: Full Time - Contract

Duration: 13 Months

Location: Charlotte, NC AND Chandler, AZ (3 days onsite/2 Days Remote)

Responsibilities

• AI & Prompt Engineering: Design, refine, and optimize context-aware LLM prompts for specialized cyber defense, threat intelligence, and vulnerability validation workflows.
• Harness & Framework Development: Build automated evaluation harnesses and benchmarking frameworks to rigorously test prompt accuracy, robustness, and drift over time.
• Vulnerability Analysis & Correlation: Create automated workflows to ingest, normalize, and analyze security telemetry across SAST, DAST, WAF logs, and perimeter scanning feeds.
• False Positive Reduction: Develop structured validation techniques and guardrails to ensure AI-generated findings are precise, actionable, and verified.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with security researchers, penetration testers, and software engineers to automate manual triage and accelerate incident analysis at enterprise scale.
• Applied AI Research: Continuously monitor LLM advancements to pilot novel AI capabilities for proactive attack surface management.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• AI & Machine Learning: Advanced prompt engineering (few-shot, chain-of-thought, structured outputs), LLM evaluation harnesses, automated benchmarking, and agentic workflows.
• Cybersecurity Domains: Vulnerability management (CVE/CWE triage), attack surface management (ASM), perimeter reconnaissance, and WAF testing/tuning.
• Tooling & Code Analysis: Working familiarity with SAST/DAST tooling outputs and security telemetry correlation.
• Data & Engineering: Practical experience querying and managing datasets using relational databases (specifically PostgreSQL) and scripting automated pipelines.
• Analytical Problem-Solving: Demonstrated capability to minimize hallucinations and validate high-stakes security findings.

This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis.

Pay Range

Pay Range*: $70.00 - $75.00 per hour

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits

• Medical & pharmacy coverage
• Dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Short term and Long term Disability
• Accident & Critical illness coverage
• Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection
• Sick time
• other types of paid leaves (as required by law)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Innova Solutions offers a referral bonus for qualified Ambassadors who refer eligible referrals. Submit referrals at https://innovasolutions.workllama.com/atsuser/anonreferafriend and earn $250-$1,000 per referral.

About Innova Solutions

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:

• Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
• One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
• One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
• Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
• One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
• AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

Website: https://www.innovasolutions.com/

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