Distinguished Engineer, AI Security

CVS Health

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Scottsdale, AZ
Salary
$175,100–$334,750 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Oct 30, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $194k
This role $255k
$115k most similar roles pay here $358k

This role pays more than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $158,823–$228,262 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $255k versus about $194k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company operating retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, and a health insurance segment through Aetna, one of the nation''s largest health insurers. Industry: Healthcare & Pharmacy

CVS Health currently has 88 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $118,450–$284,280 across 84 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Distinguished Engineer, AI Security

Distinguished Engineer – AI Security serves as a technical authority and trusted advisor for AI security and infrastructure security domains. This individual contributor role involves hands-on engineering to build reusable security patterns, reference architectures, and proof-of-concept implementations for AI systems and supporting platforms. The position focuses on developing enterprise security strategies, mitigating adversarial threats, and ensuring secure data pipelines and model integrity. Key responsibilities include implementing Zero Trust principles across hybrid and cloud environments and providing technical oversight for the entire AI lifecycle. The role requires expertise in transformer-based NLP, LLM-based generative AI, agentic AI, and privacy-enhancing technologies. Candidates must apply frameworks such as MITRE ATLAS, NIST RMF, and ISO/IEC standards to solve complex security challenges while ensuring scalable, compliant adoption of machine learning models and infrastructure within a large enterprise environment.

What does a Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $189520 from 49 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define and execute enterprise AI security strategies including model selection, adversarial threat mitigation, and compliance alignment.
  • Build reusable security frameworks, reference architectures, and proof-of-concept implementations for AI systems and infrastructure.
  • Perform hands-on security assessments of AI systems to identify risks and provide technical mitigation guidance.
  • Implement Zero Trust principles across hybrid and cloud environments to secure AI workloads and data pipelines.
  • Develop repeatable security patterns and guardrails for use by data science, engineering, and platform teams.
  • Evaluate emerging AI and infrastructure technologies to ensure scalable, cost-effective, and secure enterprise adoption.
  • Provide expert design reviews and technical oversight for AI platforms and related infrastructure architectures.
  • Translate complex regulatory requirements and emerging threats into practical, actionable engineering solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
  • Master’s degree in AI, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline is strongly preferred.
  • 15+ years of AI experience in advanced technical or architectural roles.
  • 5+ years of cybersecurity experience defining and integrating security standards aligned to frameworks like NIST CSF.
  • Expert knowledge of ML and generative AI technologies including transformer-based NLP, LLM-based generative AI, and agentic AI.
  • Expertise in AI security concepts such as adversarial ML, secure model deployment, and risk management.
  • Proficiency in Zero Trust architecture, infrastructure security, and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).
  • CISSP or CISM certifications are preferred.

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