Sr. Cybersecurity AI Engineer – Multiple Offices (Hybrid)

Littler; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Littler is seeking an AI Senior Security Engineer to establish and operate the firm’s AI security capability, blending hands-on assurance with governance, advisory, and enablement responsibilities. The role supports safe AI adoption while protecting sensitive information and maturing AI controls.

This hybrid role can be resident in Minneapolis, MN, with an onsite requirement once per month. The salary range is $162,700–$179,000 with eligibility for performance-based bonuses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Security certifications: CISSP, CISM, or CCSP.
• AI/governance certification: ISO/IEC 42001 lead implementer/auditor or equivalent.
• Cloud security certifications relevant to primary providers.

Responsibilities

• AI/ML security engineering and assurance across AI lifecycle.
• Governance and controls for AI security and data handling.
• AI risk reviews aligned to standards and regulation.
• Innovation and enablement of secure AI capabilities.
• Leadership as AI security SME; partner with Legal, Privacy, Risk, Eng.
• Response to AI incidents and control failures.

Skills

AI/ML security

Governance liaison

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience

CISSP/CISM/CCSP

ISO/IEC 42001 lead implementer/auditor

Cloud security certifications

Tools

Python

Job description

The AI Senior Security Engineer is responsible for establishing and operating the firm'sAI security capability, combining hands-on technical assurance with governance,advisory, and enablement responsibilities. The role will help the businessadopt AI safely while protecting sensitive information, reducing regulatoryexposure, and maturing AI controls.

Thisis a hybrid position and can be resident in Phoenix, AZ; Atlanta, GA;Minneapolis, MN; Seattle, WA; Charlotte, NC; Miami or Orlando, FL; or Dallas,TX, with an onsite expectation of once per month.

Pursuantto Washington and Minneapolis regulations, the salary range is $162,700 to$179,000 annually and includes eligibility for performance-based bonuses. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. We offer generous compensation and benefits packages. For more information visit: https://www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

Responsibilities

• AI/ML security engineering and assurance
  • Maintain an inventory and threat model for AI systems, models, agents, and integrations.
  • Assess AI systems for prompt injection, model extraction, insecure outputs, excessive agency, and supply-chain risk.
  • Implement guardrails for AI access, integration, monitoring, logging, and output handling.
  • Embed secure MLOps / LLMOps practices across the AI lifecycle.
• AI security governance and controls
  • Protect sensitive information used in prompts, embeddings, retrieval sources, logs, and third-party models.
  • Tune DLP, monitoring, and posture controls for AI channels.
  • Define standards for AI access, content handling, retention, logging, and acceptable use.
• AI governance, risk, and compliance
  • Establish an AI governance model aligned to NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and applicable regulation.
  • Run AI risk reviews that balance business speed with control.
  • Produce AI control evidence for audit, compliance, and leadership reporting.
• Innovation and enablement
  • Evaluate emerging AI security capabilities and recommend practical adoption.
  • Advise leadership on the AI security roadmap.
  • Create guidance and patterns that make safe AI use easier for business and engineering teams.
• Leadership and collaboration
  • Serve as the firm's AI security subject-matter expert.
  • Partner with Legal, Privacy, Risk, Engineering, and business stakeholders.
  • Support response to AI-related incidents and control failures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Core security: CISSP, CISM, or CCSP.
• AI/governance: ISO/IEC 42001 lead implementer/auditor or a recognized AI security / AI governance certification.
• Cloud security certifications relevant to the firm's primary provider(s).

Experience Required

• Minimum 8+ years in cybersecurity, including minimum 3+ years focused on AI/ML security.
• Hands-on experience securing AI/ML systems, including LLM, RAG, or agentic workflows.
• Working knowledge of AI-specific threats and defenses.
• Experience with AI platform security, lifecycle controls, cloud AI/ML services, and monitoring.
• Ability to operate as a balanced hybrid: credible building controls and credible advising leadership.

Preferred Experience

• Software or ML engineering background and comfort reading/writing code (e.g., Python).
• Experience with AI red-teaming and adversarial testing.
• Familiarity with privacy-enhancing technologies and AI governance platforms.

About Littler

Littler is the largest global employment and labor law practice in the world exclusively devoted to representing management. With more than 1,900 attorneys in over 100 offices worldwide, Littler serves as the single source solution provider to the global employer community. Consistently recognized in the industry as a leading and innovative law practice, Littler has been litigating, mediating and negotiating some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record for over 75 years.

Littler’s unparalleled commitment to labor and employment law helps clients navigate a complex business world with nuanced legal issues—building better solutions for clients ’toughest challenges. With deep experience and resources that are local, everywhere, Littler is fully focused on its clients. With a diverse team of the brightest minds, Littler fosters a culture that celebrates original thinking.

And with powerful proprietary technology, Littler disrupts the status quo—delivering bold, groundbreaking innovation that prepares employers not just for what’s happening today, but for what’s likely to happen tomorrow.

Benefits

We offer a generous benefits package to full-time and part-time employees working at least a 50% schedule. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision plan for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children. In addition, we provide a superior 401(k) plan, ample time off programs, mental health programs, family building and caregiving, generous paid parental leave, life insurance, disability insurance, a wellness program, flexible spending accounts, and an employee referral bonus program.

For moreinformation about our benefits visit: www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

For moreinformation about our firm visit: www.littler.com.

No recruiters –principals only. Littler is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. Search firms who submit candidates for this position are not eligible for any form of compensation, even if the candidate is successfully hired.

This job posting is a general description of the types of responsibilities that are required of an individual in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of the responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required for this job.