Senior AI/ML Cyber Threat Defense Engineer

National Black MBA Association; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America's Global Information Security (GIS) team is seeking a Cyber Threat Defense Sr AI/ML Engineer to integrate advanced AI into the cyber defense ecosystem. This senior IC role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership to drive AI integration across security controls.

The engineer will focus on defending against threats leveraging AI, partner with security SMEs, and apply ML fundamentals to real-world cybersecurity challenges.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on machine learning engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch or scikit-learn).
• Experience with ML production systems, MLOps, and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered capabilities for threat hunting and automated incident response.
• Develop and operationalize custom ML models and LLM workflows for cybersecurity use cases.
• Match technique to the problem: deterministic automation, classical ML, or generative AI as needed.
• Build LLM-based tooling to enhance analyst effectiveness and knowledge retrieval.
• Collaborate with GIS teams to identify AI-driven security enhancements.
• Prototype and evaluate emerging AI tech for cyber threat detection.

Skills

AI

Critical Thinking

Threat Analysis

Cyber Security

Data Privacy

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Azure AI Foundry

Amazon Bedrock

Google Vertex AI

Job description

Bank of America's Global Information Security (GIS) team is seeking a Cyber Threat Defense Sr AI/ML Engineer to integrate advanced AI into the cyber defense ecosystem. This senior IC role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership to drive AI integration across security controls.

The engineer will focus on defending against threats leveraging AI, partner with security SMEs, and apply ML fundamentals to real-world cybersecurity challenges.