Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in security engineering, AI engineering, platform engineering, forward deployed engineering, solutions consulting, or related technical roles, with demonstrated progression to a principal or senior consulting level
- Hands-on experience securing AI systems, LLM applications, or AI production pipelines
- Experience deploying cloud-native architectures on at least one major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Strong background in data integration, telemetry pipelines, normalization, and security analytics workflows applied to AI systems
- Experience working directly with customers, executive stakeholders, or cross-functional delivery teams in implementation-focused environments
- Proven experience developing technical proposals, statements of work, and scoping documents for customer engagements
- Ability to lead technical engagements, drive execution, and influence outcomes without direct authority
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-team collaboration across engineering, security, data science, and business stakeholders
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
Why AHEAD
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
USA Employment Benefits include
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
Use of AI
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, assessing responses, or to capture recordings and create transcriptions or summaries during interviews. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.
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You may opt-out of the review or analysis of your application and resume by AI tools by using the General Application. Please include the role you wish to apply for in the Additional Information field. You may also choose to opt-out of recording and transcription at any time, including after joining an interview. Candidates will not be penalized for choosing to opt-out.