AI Cybersecurity Engineer Senior
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- 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.
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated experience integrating AI/ML into security operations, testing, or threat analysis environments is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Benefits
- Full-flex work week
- 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
- Paid vacation and holidays
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
