Distinguished Engineer – AI Security
CVS Health2 months ago
Base Salary
$175k - $335k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and help execute enterprise AI security strategy covering model selection, development, deployment, adversarial threat mitigation, and governance requirements.
- Design, build, and maintain reusable AI security frameworks, reference architectures, technical standards, secure data pipelines, and privacy-preserving machine learning patterns.
- Perform hands-on security assessments of AI systems, identify risks, and provide mitigation guidance based on security posture and detection findings.
- Build proof-of-concept solutions, reference implementations, reusable components, and security guardrails for AI and infrastructure environments.
- Apply AI security and risk frameworks, including MITRE ATLAS, NIST RMF, ISACA AI Audit Toolkit, and emerging ISO/IEC AI standards.
- Apply Zero Trust principles and integrate security controls into hybrid, cloud, on-premises, platform, pipeline, and runtime environments.
- Provide expert design reviews, technical oversight, governance standards, strategic investment advice, and mentorship to security, platform, data science, and engineering teams.
- Research emerging AI and infrastructure security technologies and translate threats, research, and regulatory guidance into scalable engineering solutions.
- Collaborate with legal, privacy, compliance, enterprise architecture, risk management, audit, application development, and application security stakeholders.
- Influence technology partners and contribute to internal and industry thought leadership through publications, presentations, patents, or standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field is required.
- 15+ years of AI experience, including significant depth in advanced technical or architectural roles.
- 5+ years of cybersecurity experience defining and integrating security standards and controls aligned with frameworks such as NIST CSF.
- Expert conceptual and hands-on knowledge of transformer-based NLP, LLM-based generative AI, and agentic AI.
- Deep expertise in adversarial machine learning, secure model deployment, AI agent authorization, AI data loss protection, AI safety, AI risk management, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.
- Strong knowledge of privacy-enhancing technologies, secure data handling, HIPAA, GDPR, Zero Trust architecture, secure AI pipelines, and cloud-based generative AI platform controls.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence large-scale, cross-functional security initiatives and build, deploy, and secure enterprise AI systems and platforms.
- Master’s degree in AI, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline is strongly preferred.
- CISSP or CISM certification is preferred, and AI security, cloud security, or data protection certifications are a plus.
Benefits
- Full-time role with medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources based on eligibility.
- Eligible for CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive programs in addition to base pay, plus an equity award target.
- The posting states that additional benefit details are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
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About CVS Health
CVS Health is a U.S. health care company that operates thousands of retail pharmacies, runs the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefits manager, and owns the Aetna health insurance business. It sells prescriptions, retail health goods, and insurance plans, and provides primary and urgent care through MinuteClinic and other services for consumers, employers, and government programs. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, it is a public company traded on the NYSE.