AI Cyber Defense Engineer

AI Cyber Defense Engineer Anywhere Type: Contract Category: Engineer Industry: Financial Services Workplace Type: Remote Reference ID: JN -012026-105164 Date Posted: 01/22/2026 Shortcut: + Description + Recommended Jobs Description: _Remote_ Our client is a large U.S. financial institution headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, operating over one thousand branches across multiple states. The organization is a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest banks in the United States, with a long history formed by the merger of predecessor banks in the early 20th century. _Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance._ Rate: $80.00 to $90.00/hr. w2 Responsibilities: Responsibilities + Design, build, and test AI experiments that leverage AWS Bedrock and external lab environments, including model selection, prompting strategies, and orchestration patterns. + Develop AI and MCP-related code using secure practices that minimize risks related to model context sharing and tool invocation. + Implement and maintain human-in-the-loop processes to ensure responsible oversight of AI and agent workflows. + Support data preparation, pipeline construction, and cost monitoring to keep experiments within allocated usage budgets. + Apply cyber security knowledge to shape experiments that support threat detection, interdiction, and operational security goals. + Document experiment configurations, testing outcomes, risks, and recommended next steps. + Contribute reusable templates, runbooks, and guardrails to scale AI experimentation safely. Experience Requirements: Experience Requirements + 2u20135 years of experience in AI/ML engineering, data engineering, or software engineering roles. + Hands-on experience with AWS Bedrock, including model provisioning, API integration, prompt configuration, and model evaluation. + Proficiency in Python, including interacting with AI/LLM APIs and building small-scale automation or orchestration components. + Understanding of secure AI development practices, including safe prompt design and data handling minimization. + Experience implementing workflows that include human-in-the-loop validation or approval steps. + Exposure to cyber security concepts such as detection engineering, incident response, threat intelligence, or security operations. + Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, Step Functions, or DynamoDB. + Experience with RAG patterns, vector databases, or embeddings (preferred). + Familiarity with model safety evaluations or responsible AI frameworks (preferred). + Prior work building prototypes or proof-of-concept AI tools (preferred). + Understanding of secure coding principles and adversarial AI risks (preferred). _Recruitment Transparency Notice_ _Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (_ _ _, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Groupu2019s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process._ _Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range._ _W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality._ _Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact_ _ _._ _About Eliassen Group:_ _Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate._ _Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status._ _Donu2019t miss out on our referral program If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check_

Created: 2026-01-28