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AI Cybersecurity Engineer Senior

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or a related field
  • 5+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, AI/ML engineering, security automation, or a closely related discipline
  • Proficiency with AI/ML frameworks and tooling (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)
  • Strong Python scripting and automation abilities

Requirements:

  • Lead design, development, and operationalization of AI-driven security testing solutions to enhance vulnerability discovery, adversarial simulation, and cyber readiness
  • Collaborate with security analysts, penetration testers, engineers, and operations teams to embed AI-based efficiencies into existing cybersecurity workflows
  • Drive innovation by identifying opportunities to automate complex security tasks, improve detection accuracy, and accelerate mission outcomes using responsible and explainable AI
  • Utilize AI/ML frameworks, scripting languages, cloud environments, and security testing/analysis toolsets to build solutions tailored to mission needs

Job description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Application Security Assessment, Information Security, Risk Assessments, Threat Analysis

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

We are GDIT. As one of the largest IT and mission services providers to the government, we own our opportunities to better enable healthcare organizations to identify theirs. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your Cybersecurity career.

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as an AI Cybersecurity Engineer Senior at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.
As an AI Cybersecurity Engineer Senior, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our federal healthcare customer.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:

  • Play a crucial role in strengthening security operations by integrating advanced AI and machine learning capabilities into security testing, threat analysis, and defensive automation.

  • Lead efforts to design, develop, and operationalize AI‑driven security testing solutions that enhance vulnerability discovery, adversarial simulation, and overall cyber readiness.

  • Collaborate closely with security analysts, penetration testers, engineers, and operations teams to embed AI‑based efficiencies into existing cybersecurity workflows.

  • Drive innovation by identifying opportunities to automate complex security tasks, improve detection accuracy, and accelerate mission outcomes using responsible and explainable AI.

  • Utilize AI/ML frameworks, scripting languages, cloud environments, and security testing/analysis toolsets to build solutions tailored to mission needs.


WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
 

  • Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, AI/ML engineering, security automation, or a closely related discipline.
  • Demonstrated experience integrating AI/ML into security operations, testing, or threat analysis environments is strongly preferred.
  • Proficiency with AI/ML frameworks and tooling (such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit‑learn, or similar).
  • Strong scripting and automation abilities, particularly in Python.
  • Hands‑on experience with threat analytics, adversarial simulation techniques, or security automation pipelines.
  • Familiarity with penetration testing, red/blue team tools, or vulnerability assessment platforms.
  • Experience working with cloud platforms and cloud security technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across distributed teams and communicate complex concepts clearly.

  • Occasional travel may be requested, but it is not required.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

  • ​Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.

  • 401K with company match.

  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages.

  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.

  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.

  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.

  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.

The likely salary range for this position is $119,000 - $161,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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