Leidos

Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.

Principal AI Security Researcher

Security EngineerSecurity EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1969H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

19 days ago

Salary

$154.1K - $278.5K / year

Postgraduate Degree15 yrs expExperience acceptedEnglishCyber SecurityNumpyOpen SourcePythonPy TorchScikit LearnTensorflowType Script

Job Description

• Architect, prototype, and deploy mission-aligned agentic AI frameworks and LLM powered tools for secure AI / agentic AI operations cyber defense, and autonomous cyber operations decision-making. • Deliver working solutions across the TRL spectrum through rapid iteration from concept to prototype to enable smooth transition to enterprise and mission environments. • Advance secure AI practices through applying Secure-By-Design, Zero Trust, and red teaming approaches to ensure safety, trust, and resiliency in AI deployments. • Publish and scale innovation through developing internal playbooks, training, and enterprise-wide capabilities. • Collaborate with a team of researchers within Leidos across a range of technology areas; identify synergies and collaborations with other Leidos research and development efforts. • Resolve highly complex problems faced by developing solutions that are innovative and achieved through research and integration of best practices and leading technologies. • Assist and lead in the design, implementation, and evaluation of AI/ML models for various applications. • Enhance and maintain analysis tools, including automation of current processes using AI/ML algorithms • Work with cross-functional teams to identify relevant data sources, perform exploratory data analysis (EDA), evaluate data viability, and prepare datasets for AI/ML systems

Job Requirements

  • Master's degree and 15+ years of prior relevant technical experience in software engineering, engineering, data science, cybersecurity or cyber operations, or related field.
  • Hands on experience building AI/ML systems, especially leveraging LLMs, multi-agent frameworks, or autonomous decision systems
  • Familiarity with Frontier AI company capabilities (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc) and LLM orchestration and agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack)
  • Experience with SecDevOps, DevOps, and nonhuman identities (NHI) and related technologies.
  • Understanding of secure architectures including Zero Trust (NIST 800-207, DoD ZT RA), Secure-by-Design patterns (CISA), or resilient systems design. (NIST 800-160 v2r1)
  • Hands-on Software Development Skills (Python-Preferred)
  • Understanding of machine learning algorithms, tools and platforms (NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Pytorch, or similar)
  • Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
  • Experience working independently and in a team in an innovative and fast-paced environment while delivering to deadlines.
  • Enthusiasm for innovation, experimentation and self-development in the cybersecurity field.
  • Excellent interpersonal/communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) preferred
  • Experience with adversarial machine learning, reinforcement learning, or multi-agent systems – especially desired if having done so in the context of cybersecurity operations.
  • Experience evaluating, running, and / or fine-tuning open source models (e.g., Lllama-3, working w/ Hugging Face Models).
  • Knowledge of federated learning or edge AI deployments for cyber-physical systems or operational technology.
  • Experience with securing AI systems and AI components along with understanding of common frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI 100-2
  • Demonstrated ability to rapidly prototype, iterate, and integrate in a collaborate research environment.
  • Experience working with technology vendors and academic researchers, as well as leading multi-disciplinary research teams.
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.

Benefits

  • Health and Wellness programs
  • Income Protection
  • Paid Leave
  • Retirement

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