Senior Cyber Artificial Intelligence Operations Engineer

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 153,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D

Flexible Spending Accounts

Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA

Tuition and Technical Training Reimb.

Exercise Reimbursement

Computer Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Edgewater Federal Solutions seeks a Cyber AI Operations Engineer to deliver AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities as part of a fusion team of cybersecurity practitioners and AI engineers. The role focuses on designing and deploying AI-powered solutions for intrusion detection, incident response, vulnerability analysis, and threat intelligence.

The candidate should have multilingual AI tooling experience and a strong foundation in cybersecurity practices, with on-site work in Washington, DC, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in AI, data science, or software engineering with AI for cybersecurity.
• 5+ years in security, information security, or cybersecurity defending technical systems.
• Proficiency with AI infrastructure components, automation tools, and scripting (Python, Bash).
• Familiarity with AI frameworks and open-source LLM models (Llama, Mistral).
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field or related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities as part of an integrated team.
• Design, implement, deploy, maintain, and evolve AI-enabled cybersecurity solutions for IDS/IPS, IR, vulnerability analysis, etc.
• Instrument AI systems for cybersecurity activities with observability and controllability.
• Monitor the performance of AI systems designed for cybersecurity purposes and ensure effectiveness.
• Analyze, fine-tune and optimize the performance of AI systems for mission needs.
• Develop analytic products and reports demonstrating AI-enabled cybersecurity effectiveness.

Skills

AI/ML experience

Cybersecurity experience

Python

Bash

AWS Bedrock

SageMaker

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Langchain/LlamaIndex

LLM fine-tuning

Security knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Job description

We are seeking a Cyber Artificial Intelligence Operations Engineer with experience implementing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for cybersecurity purposes. The ideal candidate will have experience working with a variety of AI technologies and models and will have exceptional working knowledge on the architecture and design requirements to implement AI solutions that support cybersecurity operations (e.g., intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, incident response, vulnerability analysis, security tests and evaluations, etc.). This position will require the successful candidate to work as part of a fusion team that includes cybersecurity practitioners to develop and deliver AI-enabled cybersecurity tools and capabilities.

US citizenship is required to obtain an employee badge, this is onsite in DC and we are only considering candidates that currently live within a 50 mile radious of DC.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the delivery of cyber-AI solutions as part of an integrated team that includes traditional AI engineers, AI operators, and cybersecurity subject matter experts all working together to deliver AI-enhanced cybersecurity capabilities.
• Design, implement, deploy, maintain, and evolve AI-enhanced cybersecurity solutions that support a broad range of functions including intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, incident response, insider risk, vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, and security test and evaluation activities.
• Instrument AI systems for cybersecurity activities with observability and controllability.
• Monitor the performance of AI systems designed for cybersecurity purposes and ensure effectiveness.
• Analyze, fine-tune and optimize the performance of the AI systems that are designed to support cybersecurity purposes and mission needs
• Develop analytic products and reports that demonstrate the effectiveness of AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities to include metrics and technical reports.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in AI, data science, software engineering, with knowledge of data structures that support AI and cybersecurity practices
• 5+ years of experience in a security, information security, or cybersecurity field that involves the defense of technical systems
• Proficiency with AI infrastructure components, automation tools, and scripting languages such as Python, Bash
• Familiarity with one or more of the AI frameworks and tools such as AWS Bedrock and Sagemaker, Transformer, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Langchain/Llamaindex
• Familiarity with open source LLM models, such Llama, Mistral
• Experience in fine-tuning LLM models
• Knowledge of AI design patterns
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field is required or related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with DevSecOps and CI/CD practices
• Experience in AWS cloud architecture design and operation
• Experience in Terraform, Dockers Kubernetes, and/or Gitlab
• Demonstrated effective change champion and ability to work effectively with others (including remote employees) to deliver complex, critical strategic IT initiatives
• Experience operating in government environments that follow NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, and OMB guidance.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and documentation skills

Salary: $153,225 - $156,630

Additional benefits include:

• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
• Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
• Exercise Reimbursement
• Computer Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

About Us

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.