AI Security Engineer Full Time NEW

Leeds, Yorkshire
Vbeyond

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced AI Security Engineer to secure AI, machine learning and Generative AI solutions across enterprise environments.

The role will focus on embedding security controls throughout the AI lifecycle and strengthening safeguards for LLMs, foundation models, AI models, data pipelines and AI-enabled applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform security assessments and threat modelling for AI, ML, Generative AI and LLM-based solutions.
• Design and implement AI security controls, guardrails and monitoring capabilities.
• Conduct AI red-team exercises covering prompt injection, jailbreaks, model manipulation, data leakage and adversarial attacks.
• Secure model development, training, evaluation, deployment and operational environments.
• Embed security controls within AI CI/CD pipelines and configuration management processes.
• Partner with data scientists, AI engineers, architects, governance and risk teams.
• Define AI security standards, patterns and control requirements aligned with enterprise governance.
• Analyse emerging AI threats and continuously improve defensive controls and testing approaches.
• Support secure and responsible adoption of AI technologies across enterprise environments.

Required SkillsMandatory

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong AI security engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML lifecycle security risks.
• Experience securing LLMs, foundation models and Generative AI applications.
• Hands-on AI red teaming experience.
• Practical AI threat modelling experience.
• AI vulnerability assessment and security testing experience.
• Experience with prompt injection, jailbreaks and AI attack techniques.
• Experience securing AI model development, training, evaluation and deployment.
• DevSecOps and secure CI/CD experience.
• Secure configuration management experience.
• Understanding of AI governance and model risk.
• Experience implementing AI security guardrails and controls.
• Cloud security experience.
• Scripting and automation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable

• CISSP, CCSP, CISM or equivalent.
• Microsoft, AWS or Google Cloud security certification.
• AI governance or responsible AI certification.
• ML security certification.
• Penetration testing certification.
• Experience working across UK and offshore multidisciplinary teams.