Senior AI Red Team Engineer — DoD AI Security

The Podmilsak Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PGTEK is seeking a Sr. Agent Security / AI Red-Team Engineer to enhance defenses for federal and DoD programs. You will attack our agents before adversaries and translate findings into durable controls for regulated environments.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in security or AI engineering and hands-on experience with prompt injection, AI red teaming, IAM, and secure tool calling, in hybrid/remote roles with travel.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software, cloud, data, cybersecurity, systems, or AI engineering experience.
• 3+ years of advanced hands-on experience in production or regulated environments.
• Experience with prompt injection, AI red teaming, Model Armor, IAM, secure tool calling, MCP/A2A security, Python, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Threat-model prompts, retrieval, tools, memory, MCP/A2A, and identities.
• Execute attacks and verify remediation.
• Design solutions using prompt injection testing, AI red teaming, Model Armor, IAM, secure tool calling, and MCP/A2A security.
• Mentor team members and contribute reusable security standards.
• Support RMF/FedRAMP/DoD authorization activities.

Job description

PGTEK is seeking a Sr. Agent Security / AI Red-Team Engineer to enhance defenses for federal and DoD programs. You will attack our agents before adversaries and translate findings into durable controls for regulated environments.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in security or AI engineering and hands-on experience with prompt injection, AI red teaming, IAM, and secure tool calling, in hybrid/remote roles with travel.