Senior AI Red Team Engineer - Secure AI in DoD Programs

PGTEK; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Savings Account

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

Pet insurance discount

Employee Assistance Program

PTO & holidays

Education assistance

Job summary

PGTEK is seeking a Sr. Agent Security / AI Red-Team Engineer to support our L400 Advanced Development capability. You will attack our agents before adversaries do—and turn findings into durable controls for regulated environments.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software, cloud, cybersecurity, or AI engineering, with hands-on experience in production or regulated settings, plus skills in prompt injection, AI red teaming, IAM, and secure tool calling. Active Secret clearance required.

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.
• CISSP, SecurityX/CASP+, GIAC, CKS, or related certifications.

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

Skills

AI engineering

Cybersecurity

Incident response

Python

Threat modeling

Red Team

Tools

Prompt injection

Model Armor

IAM

MCP/A2A security

Secure tool calling

Job description

PGTEK is seeking a Sr. Agent Security / AI Red-Team Engineer to support our L400 Advanced Development capability. You will attack our agents before adversaries do—and turn findings into durable controls for regulated environments.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software, cloud, cybersecurity, or AI engineering, with hands-on experience in production or regulated settings, plus skills in prompt injection, AI red teaming, IAM, and secure tool calling. Active Secret clearance required.