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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting
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As a Secure AI Engineer, you will join the team to help organizations adopt artificial intelligence securely and responsibly. You will work closely with clients to design secure architectures, evaluate system resilience, and implement mitigations for generative and autonomous AI capabilities. Your daily responsibilities include conducting red team assessments against large language models, retrieval-augmented generation systems, and multi-agent workflows while identifying attack vectors like prompt injection, data poisoning, and model inversion. You will build and test agentic AI systems using orchestration frameworks, develop security testing methodologies, and adapt open-source tools to meet specific requirements. The role requires expertise in LLMs, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, and Semantic Kernel. You will apply knowledge of OWASP GenAI tools, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and MITRE ATLAS to solve critical vulnerabilities in the lifecycle of AI applications.
Python
Large Language Models
Generative AI
AI Agents
Red Teaming
Vulnerability Research
Exploit Development
Penetration Testing
Cyber Ranges
Sandboxing
PyRIT
Offensive Security
Security Tooling