Senior AI Red-Team Security Engineer — Remote/Hybrid

Socket.dev; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPO medical with HSA option

Life Insurance

Disability insurance (short & long)

401(k) matching

Pet insurance discount (ASPCA)

Employee Assistance Program

PTO & Holidays

Education Assistance after 12 months

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 and high-consequence environments.

Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI eligibility preferred. Hybrid or remote with travel to customer sites (~10–25%). Washington, DC / Northern Virginia area preferred.

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.

Skills

Prompt injection

AI red teaming

Model Armor

IAM

Secure tool calling

MCP/A2A security

Python

Incident response

Education

CISSP

SecurityX/CASP+

GIAC

CKS

Tools

Model Armor

MCP/A2A

IAM

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 and high-consequence environments.

Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI eligibility preferred. Hybrid or remote with travel to customer sites (~10–25%). Washington, DC / Northern Virginia area preferred.