Mid-Level Security Engineer

Halvik offers a hybrid role in Alexandria, VA for a Mid-Level Security Engineer focused on enabling secure AI governance within a federal environment. The position provides a salary range of $100,000 to $115,000 per year, comprehensive health benefits, and a collaborative culture dedicated to governance-minded security across data discovery, AI prompts, and secure AI development.

Benefits

• Company-supported medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 11 federal holidays plus paid time off
• Performance-based incentive opportunities
• 401(k) with company matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts for commuter, medical, and dependent care expenses
• Tuition assistance
• Charitable contribution matching

Responsibilities

• Configure and sustain data discovery and classification policies across cloud, on‑premises, SaaS, and developer repositories; support phased rollout to high‑risk systems.
• Monitor AI prompts, outputs, and related activity for sensitive content exposure; enforce policy actions (allow, block, alert, redact, route) under governance rules.
• Identify and classify sensitive content embedded in AI native development artifacts such as Markdown prompt files, cursor rules, Copilot instructions, and MCP configuration files.
• Collaborate with the Lead Senior Security Engineer, stakeholders, and program teams to support deployment, testing, and validation tasks.
• Maintain operational dashboards and compliance reports, track exceptions and remediation status, and contribute to audit-ready governance documentation.
• Support vulnerability scanning and detection for code, containers, and infrastructure‑as‑code templates, including potential security flaws from AI components or data pipelines feeding AI models.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (Masters with 3 years of experience; equivalent experience considered in lieu of degree; 9+ years)
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in cybersecurity, IT security operations, or data security/DLP support, ideally in a Federal environment
• Working knowledge of data classification or DLP tooling, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and basic SIEM/log monitoring concepts
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 and FISMA, and the Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Current CISSP certification if required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance

Technologies

• AWS
• Azure
• GitHub Copilot
• Markdown

Position Overview

Halvik seeks a Mid-Level Security Engineer to support a federal client’s enterprise initiative that enables secure, compliant AI adoption across a hybrid environment. The role emphasizes day-to-day configuration, monitoring, and reporting for data discovery and classification, AI governance and protection controls, and detection of AI-native development artifacts.

Preferred Expertise

• Experience supporting a Federal contract or Federal agency IT security program
• Exposure to generative AI tools, prompt engineering, or AI development workflows
• Familiarity with Agile or Scrum team environments
• Strong attention to detail and an interest in growing in AI governance or data security specialization
• Solid analytical and problem-solving abilities with clear written communication
• Ability to work collaboratively and contribute to a team