Senior AI/ML Security Engineer - National Security, Remote

Google Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k)

PTO 20 days+

Sick time 40h/yr

Maternity Leave

Baby Bonding

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specialized in AI/ML to secure deployments across on-prem and cloud environments for national security and public sector workloads. You will design and enforce security controls, monitor for threats, and collaborate with software engineers to mitigate vulnerabilities.

The role requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance, 5+ years in AI/ML or related fields, strong Docker/Kubernetes and Python expertise, and up to 25% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5 years of experience in AI/ML development, AI infrastructure engineering, or software development.
• 5 years of experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• 5 years of experience with Python and libraries like PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Hugging Face Transformers.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time as needed.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage LLM deployments across on-premises and cloud environments. Audit multi-agent orchestration and vector databases to map data flows and enforce privilege boundaries.
• Use Docker and Kubernetes to orchestrate scalable inference and training environments, optimizing GPU utilization and resource isolation.
• Protect model weights, secure data ingestion, and harden inference endpoints across the MLOps lifecycle.
• Investigate and mitigate AI-specific threats (prompt injection, jailbreaking, data poisoning); map findings to MITRE ATLAS, OWASP for LLMs, and STRIDE models.
• Bridge local high-compute clusters and cloud AI services while maintaining a consistent security posture.

Skills

Python

AI/ML development

Docker

Kubernetes

Security clearance

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / Data Science / related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specialized in AI/ML to secure deployments across on-prem and cloud environments for national security and public sector workloads. You will design and enforce security controls, monitor for threats, and collaborate with software engineers to mitigate vulnerabilities.

The role requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance, 5+ years in AI/ML or related fields, strong Docker/Kubernetes and Python expertise, and up to 25% travel.