Senior AI Security & LLM Engineer - Build Secure GenAI Infra

AnaVation LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance coverage

401k with generous match

Paid leave and holidays

Tuition and training reimbursement

Life and AD&D Insurance

Job summary

AnaVation is seeking an AI Security & LLM Engineer to design, secure, and optimize its next-generation generative AI infrastructure. You will bridge advanced AI capabilities with rigorous cybersecurity, building resilient multi-agent systems while defending against prompt injections, data exfiltration, and model manipulation.

Key responsibilities include designing architectures for multi-agent orchestration and RAG pipelines, implementing defense guardrails, conducting red teaming, and

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience in the relevant area.
• Active certifications for IAT Level II and CSSP Infrastructure Support by onboarding date.
• Certifications covering CySA+, CND, GICSP, SCCP as part of program requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy robust multi-agent orchestration frameworks and RAG pipelines.
• Develop and maintain input/output guardrails to defend against prompt injection and adversarial attacks.
• Conduct LLM red teaming and simulations to identify vulnerabilities.
• Manage token usage, reduce latency, and optimize API rate limits.
• Write secure, production-grade code to integrate frontier models into enterprise apps.

Skills

TS/SCI Clearance

Multi-agent orchestration

RAG pipelines

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Rust

Python

CI/CD tooling

Job description

AnaVation is seeking an AI Security & LLM Engineer to design, secure, and optimize its next-generation generative AI infrastructure. You will bridge advanced AI capabilities with rigorous cybersecurity, building resilient multi-agent systems while defending against prompt injections, data exfiltration, and model manipulation.

Key responsibilities include designing architectures for multi-agent orchestration and RAG pipelines, implementing defense guardrails, conducting red teaming, and