Senior AI & Agentic AppSec Engineer

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 125,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

401k savings plan

HSA

Job summary

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking an Application Security Engineer, AI and Agentic Security, to design and operationalize AI-assisted security within the software lifecycle.

The role blends hands-on development with secure engineering practices and collaboration across security, engineering, and governance teams. Expect development of AI-driven workflows, tooling, and evaluation frameworks that scale securely.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, software engineering, cybersecurity, information systems, or equivalent.
• Significant experience in software/security engineering or DevSecOps.
• Proficiency in Python development and secure software practices.
• Hands-on with generative AI, LLM integration, or AI-enabled tooling.
• Experience delivering complex work across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Knowledge of cloud services, containers, and enterprise platforms.
• Familiarity with security controls for AI-enabled systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, evaluate, and operationalize AI-enabled security capabilities.
• Develop Python-based services, automation, and evaluation harnesses.
• Evaluate AI security products for vulnerability discovery and remediation integration.
• Create auditable AI workflows with human oversight and governance.
• Establish guardrails for identity, access, data handling, and secrets.
• Develop test plans to measure accuracy, security, cost, and latency.
• Integrate capabilities with CI/CD, source control, and developer tools.
• Collaborate with governance and architecture for enterprise standards.

Skills

Python development

LLM integration

Agentic workflows

Security engineering

Cloud services

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Python

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking an Application Security Engineer, AI and Agentic Security, to design and operationalize AI-assisted security within the software lifecycle.

The role blends hands-on development with secure engineering practices and collaboration across security, engineering, and governance teams. Expect development of AI-driven workflows, tooling, and evaluation frameworks that scale securely.