Senior Engineer - Generative AI Automation & Security (Long Term Contract of 3+ Years)

Pacer Group; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Job summary

Pacer Group in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Senior Engineer for Generative AI Automation. The role focuses on designing and operationalizing autonomous AI agents and security tooling across production environments, mitigating agentic AI risks with secure-by-design controls.

You will lead security research on Generative AI threats and mentor teams on Secure SDLC practices, while collaborating across enterprise security engineering to embed automated checks into pipelines.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and deploying autonomous AI agents in production.
• Secure CI/CD tooling with automated security checks and threat modeling.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 for LLMs and guardrails for safe AI usage.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade autonomous AI agents.
• Develop enterprise security automation tooling for CI/CD security checks.
• Establish guardrails and sandboxing to mitigate prompt-injection risks.
• Integrate autonomous agents with source control, issue tracking, and security scanners.
• Research Generative AI threats and mentor teams on Secure SDLC.

Skills

Production Agentic AI Engineering

Security Automation

OWASP Top 10 for LLMs

Claude / Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

LangGraph

AutoGen

CrewAI

Education

CISSP / SANS GIAC / MLOps Certifications

Tools

Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

LangGraph

AutoGen

CrewAI

Job description

Location: Phoenix, AZ 85001

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Employment Type: Contract

Duration: Long Term Contract (3+ Years)

Domain: Financial Services / Enterprise Cybersecurity

Pay Rate: $40.00/hr

Application Deadline: Oct 29th 2026

SKILLS REQUIRED

Primary (Must-Have):

• Production Agentic AI Engineering (Claude/Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI)
• Security Automation & CI/CD Pipeline Integration (GitHub Automation, Secure SDLC, Pull Request Checks)
• OWASP Top 10 for LLMs & Generative AI Security Controls (Model Context Protocol, Sandboxing, Guardrails)

Secondary (Good to Have):

• Advanced Security Certifications (CISSP, SANS GIAC, or MLOps Professional Certifications)
• Database Architecture Knowledge (Oracle, SQL, and NoSQL Databases)
• Technical Leadership, Developer Advocacy & Security Champion Mentorship

POSITION OVERVIEW

Operating within the Enterprise Security and Automation Engineering Division, the Senior Engineer - Generative AI Automation will report directly to the Director of Cybersecurity Operations. The primary objective of this role is to design, build, and operationalize autonomous AI agents and security automation tooling across production environments, mitigating agentic AI security risks and embedding automated, secure-by-design controls into the end-to-end software development lifecycle.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade autonomous and semi-autonomous AI agents utilizing Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and orchestration frameworks like LangGraph, AutoGen, and CrewAI.
• Develop and maintain enterprise security automation tooling that embeds automated security checks, threat modeling, and vulnerability scans into CI/CD pipelines and pull-request workflows.
• Establish agent evaluation practices, guardrails, and sandboxing protocols to mitigate prompt-injection resistance, data leakage, and unsafe tool usage in agentic workflows.
• Integrate autonomous agents securely with source control, issue tracking, security scanners, cloud APIs, and internal developer tools while enforcing least-privilege access.
• Conduct continuous security research on emerging Generative AI threats, lead proof-of-concept evaluations for security tooling, and mentor engineering teams on Secure SDLC best practices.

BENEFITS

Medical | Dental | Vision | 401(k)

EEOC Compliance:

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

DISCLAIMER

AI Usage Policy: Pacer Group uses AI to assist in screening applications. Final hiring decisions are made by human recruiters based on qualifications and experience.