McLean, Virginia, United States · On-site
Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition…
Skills: AI Agent Development, Python, RAG Pipelines, LLM Performance Engineering, Cybersecurity
Costa Mesa, California, United States · On-site
$146k–$194k/yr
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century…
Skills: Cyber Operational Testing, Test Planning, Data Analysis, Test Execution, Security Clearance
Tysons, Virginia, United States · On-site
Company Description Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is at the forefront of transforming organizations into intelligent enterprises through data-driven innovation. We don't just follow trends—we set them and drive change. As a ma…
Skills: Customer Success Management, Cloud-Native Architecture, Semantic Layer, AI-Powered Analytics, Data Modeling
Richmond, Virginia, United States · Remote OK
$160k–$200k/yr
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Skills: Account Management, Revenue Growth, Customer Retention, Renewals, Upselling
201 District, Virginia, United States · On-site
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Arlington, Virginia, United States · On-site
ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team…
Skills: Software Automation Testing, API Testing, Java, Groovy, IntelliJ
Arlington, Virginia, United States · On-site
ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team…
Skills: ASP.NET, C#, LINQ, MVC, Entity Framework
Arlington, Virginia, United States · On-site
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Skills: C#, ASP.NET MVC, .Net Core, JavaScript, CSS
Vienna, Virginia, United States · On-site
$120k–$150k/yr
Kadiak, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a PowerApps/Platform Developer with a Top-Secret security clearance to support our government customer in Vienna, VA. We offer competitive compensation and an…
Skills: SharePoint Administration, Power Apps, Power Automate, JavaScript, jQuery
Tysons, Virginia, United States · On-site
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Skills: Revenue Recognition, ASC 606, U.S. GAAP, Technical Accounting, SaaS Accounting
Fairfax County, Virginia, United States · On-site
Systems Engineer/Systems Integrator USG Program Office leading Research & Development (R&D) of evolutionary, revolutionary, and transformational artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms is seeking a highly…
Skills: Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, GEOINT, AI/ML Algorithms, DevSecOps
Tysons, Virginia, United States · On-site
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Skills: Revenue Recognition, ASC 606, US GAAP, Technical Accounting, SaaS Accounting
Fairfax, Virginia, United States · On-site
$150k–$200k/yr
Description About Millennial Software: Millennial Software is revolutionizing the landscape of security and defense by leveraging our core competencies in software development, automation, DevSecOps, and machine learning…
Skills: Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$135k–$216k/yr
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Skills: Java, JavaScript, SQL, Python, RHEL
Arlington, Virginia, United States · On-site
$98k–$160k/yr
The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a highly skilled and versatile Engagement Manager (EM) to join our team and lead the delivery of complex cloud solution projects. In this role you …
Skills: Project Management, Cloud Migration, AWS Architecture, Technical Leadership, Stakeholder Management
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
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Skills: Program Management, Project Management, Data Analysis, Cross-functional Collaboration, Product Development
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$150k–$250k/yr
Manager, Product Management- Associate Experience Product Management at Capital One is a booming, vibrant craft that requires reimagining the status quo, finding value creation opportunities, and driving innovative and s…
Skills: Product Management, Human Centered Design, Business Strategy, Technology Integration, Integrated Problem Solving
Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site
$150k–$250k/yr
Manager, Product Management- Customer Core and Identity Product Management at Capital One is a booming, vibrant craft that requires reimagining the status quo, finding value creation opportunities, and driving innovative…
Skills: Product Management, Human Centered Design, Business Strategy, Technology Integration, Integrated Problem Solving
Wilmington, Delaware, United States · On-site
$183k–$250k/yr
Senior Manager, Product Manager-Retail Bank Platform Enablement Product Management at Capital One is a booming, vibrant craft that requires reimagining the status quo, finding value creation opportunities, and driving in…
Skills: Product Management, Platform Enablement, Observability, Production Validation, Human Centered Design
Reston, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
Overview At Wipfli, people count. At Wipfli, our people are core to everything we do—the catalyst behind our ability to create exceptional impact and extraordinary results. We believe in flexibility. We focus on relation…
Skills: Microsoft Azure, Active Directory, Consultative Ability, Project Planning, Data Analysis
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Design and deploy autonomous AI agents and RAG pipelines integrated with enterprise security stacks to automate SOC workflows. Implement security boundaries for LLM architectures to mitigate risks like prompt injection and data poisoning.
Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field with at least 2 years of experience in AI/ML and programming in Python, Go, Scala, or Java. Preference is given to candidates with experience in cloud platforms, vector databases, and AI orchestration tools.
Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together.
Build & Deploy Agents: Design, test, and deploy autonomous and semi-autonomous AI agents that integrate natively with our enterprise security stack (SIEM, EDR, XDR, and Threat Intel feeds).
Code the Playbooks: Translate traditional, human-centric SOC playbooks and analyst workflows into deterministic and heuristic agentic pipelines (using DAGs and multi-agent routing).
Optimize RAG Pipelines: Design, optimize, and maintain production-grade Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows to inject real-time security context, network topology, and historical incident logs into agent prompts.
LLM Performance Engineering: Continuously evaluate, benchmark, and optimize LLM performance, context window utilization, latency, and cost-efficiency across various models (OSS and commercial).
Design Human-in-the-Loop (HITL): Collaborate deeply with Tier 3 Analysts and Threat Hunters to engineer seamless HITL handoff mechanisms, ensuring agents safely escalate complex anomalies to humans.
Secure the AI: Implement robust security boundaries around our LLM architecture, mitigating risks like prompt injection, data poisoning, model tool-abuse, and addressing the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs.
You are a Builder First: You take immense pride in shipping clean, production-grade, asynchronous code. You care about system architecture as much as model accuracy.
Security-Curious or Security-Hardened: You bridge the gap between AI research and practical cybersecurity. You understand that an AI agent is only as good as the guardrails keeping it from deleting a production server during a false positive.
Thrives in Ambiguity: Building an Agentic SOC means charting unknown territory. You love breaking down abstract, high-level security problems into concrete, execution-ready AI systems.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus at least 2 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies, OR a Master's degree in a related field plus at least 2 years of experience.
At least 2 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java.
3 years of experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
Experience designing, developing, delivering, and supporting AI services, specifically within the domains of security operations or threat intelligence.
Hands-on experience building multi-agent or complex orchestration systems using tools such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, CrewAI, or Semantic Kernel.
Proven experience working with production Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Qdrant, Milvus, or Weaviate) for semantic chunking, embedding generation, and metadata filtering.
Experience deploying and scaling AI workloads in containerized cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP using Kubernetes/EKS/AKS).
Are you ready to build the future of autonomous, agentic defense?
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Serious AI. Built on Process. Appian provides AI automation for mission-critical work. We automate complex processes in large enterprises and governments. Our platform is known for its unique reliability and scale. We've been automating processes for more than 25 years and understand enterprise operations like no one else.
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