Cybersecurity AI Engineer

Post Date

Dec 01, 2025

Location

Charlotte,
North Carolina

ZIP/Postal Code

28262
US
Feb 01, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Security Engineering

Req #

DAL-63397c3f-2212-4a4d-9a4f-6aff757c71d1

Pay Rate

$78 - $98 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

The Principal Cyber AI Engineer will drive the development and optimization of advanced tools, processes, and workflows to predict, detect, and prevent AI specific threats. This hands-on technical leadership role combines deep research in AI security with close collaboration across teams to integrate AI capabilities into robust cybersecurity architectures.
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Key Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and optimize AI-Security specific threat models, tools, solutions for threat identification, prediction, and prevention.
• Implement and secure machine learning models, neural networks, and AI techniques to enhance threat detection, monitoring, and risk scoring.
• Integrate AI security tools and technologies across cybersecurity architectures, collaborating with data scientists, security engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Analyze AI security incident data to refine and improve AI models and methodologies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers in AI and machine learning.
• Ensure alignment and compliance with industry standards (NIST AI-RMF, ISO42001, OWASP Top 10 for LLM), and advanced security architectures (Agentic, MCP).
• Stay abreast of emerging trends and advancements in AI and cybersecurity.

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Required Skills & Experience

The Principal Cyber AI Engineer will drive the development and optimization of advanced tools, processes, and workflows to predict, detect, and prevent AI specific threats. This hands-on technical leadership role combines deep research in AI security with close collaboration across teams to integrate AI capabilities into robust cybersecurity architectures.
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Key Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and optimize AI-Security specific threat models, tools, solutions for threat identification, prediction, and prevention.
• Implement and secure machine learning models, neural networks, and AI techniques to enhance threat detection, monitoring, and risk scoring.
• Integrate AI security tools and technologies across cybersecurity architectures, collaborating with data scientists, security engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Analyze AI security incident data to refine and improve AI models and methodologies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers in AI and machine learning.
• Ensure alignment and compliance with industry standards (NIST AI-RMF, ISO42001, OWASP Top 10 for LLM), and advanced security architectures (Agentic, MCP).
• Stay abreast of emerging trends and advancements in AI and cybersecurity.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with agentic and model context protocols (MCP) architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams.
• Track record of published research or thought leadership in AI security.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.