Senior Agentic AI Engineer – Security Automation

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Senior Agentic AI Engineer to design and implement multi-agent systems for detection, response, and workflow automation in air-gapped, high-security environments.

You will lead architecture, decompose complex security processes, establish testing and human-in-the-loop controls, and guide teams toward reliable, production-ready agent-based solutions across the security program in Arlington.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 6+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• Demonstrated experience building applications or workflows using large language models, including tool use, structured outputs, retrieval, or agentic execution.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

Responsibilities

• Architect and build multi-agent systems for security operations, detection, compliance, and workflow automation.
• Decompose complex security processes into coordinated agent workflows.
• Design reliable agent orchestration patterns for high-security, air-gapped environments.
• Implement robust error handling, observability, and human-in-the-loop controls for autonomous systems.
• Define standards and patterns for agent development across the security team.
• Evaluate and integrate agentic frameworks, adapting them for classified environments.
• Partner with security engineers to identify processes suitable for agent-based automation.

Skills

Agent-based systems

Security clearance TS/SCI with Polylog

Leadership / mentoring

Large language models

Air-gapped environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

AutoGen

CrewAI

Strands Agents

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Senior Agentic AI Engineer to design and implement multi-agent systems for detection, response, and workflow automation in air-gapped, high-security environments.

You will lead architecture, decompose complex security processes, establish testing and human-in-the-loop controls, and guide teams toward reliable, production-ready agent-based solutions across the security program in Arlington.