NRG EnergyRemote
Senior AI Security Engineer
United States of America
Full Time
2 hours ago
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
AI systemsAI agentsLLM-based applicationsAutomation workflowsAPIsREST APIsGraph-based APIsAPI integrationAPI automationAPI securityStructured dataUnstructured dataData pipelinesData transformationData analysisReport creationDashboard creationData visualizationPower BITableauCybersecurity principlesApplication securityIdentity protectionData protectionPythonJavaScriptPowerShellNIST CSFOWASPSoftware developmentSystem architectureGenerative AI security evaluationCloud platformsAzureAWSGCPData classificationData encryptionAccess controlsAIGenerative AILLMData EngineeringBI
About this role
NRG Energy is a Fortune 500 company focused on providing energy solutions and natural gas to millions of customers. They are seeking a Senior AI Security Engineer to implement and optimize AI solutions while ensuring cybersecurity principles are upheld. The role involves improving cybersecurity use cases and supporting team members in leveraging AI technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Improve internal cybersecurity use cases by implementing AI and conventional process automation
- Support cybersecurity team members in adopting and leveraging AI, both through personal coaching and hands-on implementation assistance
- Assist in defining, documenting, and implementing AI security standards, controls, and best practices
- Conduct security reviews for AI systems and help internal product teams align AI implementations with enterprise security requirements
- Develop and maintain dashboards to report key cybersecurity metrics and risk indicators
- Automate processes for data collection, analysis, and visualization
Requirements:
- Hands-on experience with AI systems, including building or working with AI agents, LLM-based applications, and automation workflows
- Experience working with APIs (REST, Graph-based, etc.) including integration, automation, and security considerations
- Experience working with structured and unstructured data (data pipelines, transformation, or analysis)
- Experience creating reports, dashboards, or visualizations (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools)
- Foundational understanding of cybersecurity principles, including application security, identity, and data protection
- Intermediate scripting or coding experience (e.g., Python, JavaScript, PowerShell)
- Familiarity with common AI and cybersecurity frameworks and standards (e.g., NIST CSF, OWASP)
- Understanding of modern software development and system architecture concepts
- Experience evaluating the security of generative AI systems
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and their security models
- Familiarity with data security concepts such as data classification, encryption, and access controls
- Build and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships
- High level of self-awareness and social skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Take initiative and set high personal performance standards
- Ability to see the big picture and ensure actions and solutions solve the real problem
- Ability to understand and articulate tradeoffs between security and business outcomes
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to less-technical stakeholders
- Curiosity and adaptability in a rapidly evolving technology landscape
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize and focus on high-impact work
- Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- 2+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or a related technical field