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 enable cross-team collaboration across engineering, security, data science, and business stakeholders
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of AI security risks, including prompt injection, model theft, data poisoning, adversarial attacks, and agentic AI risks, alongside foundational cloud, identity, and endpoint security
- Experience with scripting and automation using tools such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash
- Familiarity with APIs and integration patterns including REST, webhooks, and event-driven workflows
- Working knowledge of AI concepts including LLMs, vector search, retrieval-augmented generation, model evaluation, and AI assistants or agents
- Strong problem-solving skills, execution mindset, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
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.
India Employment Benefits include
Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents
Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy
Flexible work arrangements, supporting work-life balance
Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth and upskilling
Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on physical and mental well-being
Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations
Inclusive and people-first culture, with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership
