Security AI Deployment Lead

Ahead Now Aps; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahead Now Aps is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy, integrate, and operationalize next‑generation security and AI capabilities for customers and enterprise environments. The role sits at the intersection of engineering, security operations, data, and customer success, translating complex requirements into scalable, production‑ready solutions.

The ideal candidate will combine hands‑on engineering skills with a deep understanding of SOC operations, cloud platforms, automation, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering or related technical roles.
• Hands-on experience implementing and operating modern SOC technologies such as SIEM, XDR, and SOAR.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for deploying and operationalizing security and AI solutions in customer or enterprise environments.
• Translate requirements into deployable architectures and implementation plans.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure solutions align to goals, compliance, and platform strategy.
• Act as a trusted advisor during onboarding, implementation, rollout, and optimization phases.
• Design and implement integrations across SIEM, XDR, SOAR, data platforms, and AI-enabled tooling.
• Build and configure cloud-native data ingestion, normalization, and enrichment pipelines for security telemetry.
• Integrate APIs, webhooks, message queues, and automation workflows across identity, endpoint, cloud, network, and applications.
• Develop reusable deployment patterns, templates, and technical assets to accelerate future implementations.
• Operationalize AI and automation use cases within security workflows, including alert enrichment, triage, and summarization.
• Collaborate with data teams on behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and risk scoring.
• Define data requirements and guardrails for AI in production environments.
• Ensure deployed solutions are practical and aligned to analyst workflows.

Skills

Security engineering

Platform engineering

Forward deployed engineering

SOC technologies

Job description

Ahead Now Aps is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy, integrate, and operationalize next‑generation security and AI capabilities for customers and enterprise environments. The role sits at the intersection of engineering, security operations, data, and customer success, translating complex requirements into scalable, production‑ready solutions.

The ideal candidate will combine hands‑on engineering skills with a deep understanding of SOC operations, cloud platforms, automation, and