Senior AI Security Engineer

Nrg Bluewater Wind; Lehi (UT); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NRG Energy is seeking a proactive cybersecurity AI engineer to advance AI security, data reporting, and automation across the organization. You will work with AI agents, cloud platforms, and security frameworks to deliver measurable risk insights and secure AI deployments.

The role requires hands-on experience with AI systems, APIs, data pipelines, and dashboarding tools, with a focus on enterprise security alignment and scalable automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience with AI systems, including building or working with AI agents and automation workflows.
• Experience with APIs (REST, Graph-based) including integration, automation, and security considerations.
• Foundational understanding of cybersecurity principles and standards.

Responsibilities

• Improve internal cybersecurity use cases by implementing AI and automation.
• Support cybersecurity teams in adopting AI through coaching and hands-on implementation.
• Define and implement AI security standards, controls, and best practices.
• Conduct security reviews for AI systems and align AI with enterprise security requirements.
• Develop dashboards to report key cybersecurity metrics and risk indicators.
• Automate data collection, analysis, and visualization processes.

Skills

AI systems

APIs

Data handling

Dashboards

Security concepts

Cloud platforms

Communication

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

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As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You’ll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success—take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future!

At NRG, we’re bringing the power of energy to people and organizations by putting customers at the center of everything we do. We generate electricity and provide energy solutions and natural gas to millions of customers through our diverse portfolio of retail brands. A Fortune 500 company, operating in the United States and Canada, NRG delivers innovative solutions while advocating for competitive energy markets and customer choice, working towards a sustainable energy future. More information regarding NRG is available at www.nrg.com .

About the role:

Success in this role will require hands‑on expertise implementing and optimizing AI solutions, a working knowledge of cybersecurity principles and best practices, experience working with data and APIs, and an ability to articulate impact and risk by tracking and reporting key cybersecurity metrics. NRG is looking for self‑driven, high‑caliber individuals who can grasp complex business and technical issues and harness information and relationships to deliver solutions. In return, NRG will provide the support, guidance, and opportunities to help our ideal candidate be successful.

Responsibilities:

• Improve internal cybersecurity use cases by implementing AI and conventional process automation
• Support cybersecurity team members in adopting andleveragingAI, both through personal coaching and hands‑on implementationassistance
• Assist in defining, documenting, and implementing AI security standards, controls, and best practices
• Conduct security reviews for AI systems and help internal product teams align AI implementations with enterprise security requirements
• Develop andmaintaindashboards to report key cybersecurity metrics and risk indicators
• Automate processes for data collection, analysis, and visualization

Required Experience:

• Hands‑on experience with AI systems, including building or working with AI agents, LLM‑based applications, and automation workflows
• Experience working with APIs (REST, Graph‑based, etc.) including integration, automation, and security considerations
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data (data pipelines, transformation, or analysis)
• Experience creating reports, dashboards, or visualizations (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools)
• Foundational understanding of cybersecurity principles, including application security, identity, and data protection
• Familiarity with common AI and cybersecurity frameworks and standards (e.g., NIST CSF, OWASP)
• Understanding of modern software development and system architecture concepts
• Experience evaluating the security of generative AI systems
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and their security models
• Familiarity with data security concepts such as data classification, encryption, and access controls

Other Required Skills:

• Build andmaintaineffective and collaborative working relationships
• High level of self‑awareness and social skills
• Take initiative and set high personal performance standards
• Ability to see the big picture and ensure actions and solutions solve the real problem
• Ability to understand and articulate tradeoffs between security and business outcomes
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to less‑technical stakeholders
• Curiosity and adaptability in a rapidly evolving technology landscape
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to prioritize and focus on high‑impact work

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or a related technical field

Working Conditions

• Open office environment
• This role is eligible for in‑office work at our Lehi, UT, Princeton, NJ, or Houston, TX locations, or fully remote for qualified candidates in other locations

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol‑free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post‑accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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