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Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required.  Visionist has an exciting new opportunity for a Security Engineer. Join the team bringing a prototype large language model (LLM) framework into production for thousands of users. You’ll lead security efforts for a premier, enterprise-level frontier LLM supporting developers, analysts, and leadership at a critical defense organization. In this role, you’ll guide the transition of this groundbreaking capability through rigorous compliance and accreditation processes, ensuring it’s secure, resilient, and ready for deployment across all mission areas and classification levels. As the first production deployment of its kind, this effort will face both technical and policy challenges. Your work will be critical in overcoming roadblocks, maintaining a strong security posture, and earning user and stakeholder trust. For over 14 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community's toughest software and analysis challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, we prioritize our people—your job security is assured. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps playing a critical role in defending our nation’s cyber infrastructure & providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning. Our open-door leadership team fosters a supportive culture, where internal growth and promotion opportunities are the norm. Don’t just take our word for it—check out our 4.8-star review on Glassdoor. Join a company that feels like a family with regular happy hours, baseball games, activity clubs and more. Check us out at www.visionistinc.com.   ----- Your contributions are… 
  - Design and evaluate security solutions to ensure compliance with system requirements for handling sensitive information
  - Prepare and manage compliance documentation, including certification artifacts, and coordinate with security personnel throughout the accreditation process
  - Propose, implement, and enforce security policies, standards, and methodologies for the LLM infrastructure
  - Support the development of new security policies where none currently exist, ensuring they align with customer needs and mission requirements Requirements for your new career…
  - Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
  - 15 years of experience in security engineering
  - DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 1 or higher  
  - Experience assisting in the attainment of compliance certification for an application, or conducting compliance certification for systems
  - Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and services
  - Strong communication and collaboration abilities to work effectively with cross-functional teams
 
Benefits of becoming a Visionist: Your New Career
  - We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
  - Competitive 15% retirement contribution! (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
  - 4 weeks paid time off that is never “use or lose”, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
  - 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
  - Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,160/year)
  - Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 – use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
  - Annual merit increases & performance-based bonuses
  - Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability  Salary range: $175,000 - $211,000
Disclaimer: Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process, considering various factors such as years of experience, skills, education/certifications, contract specifications, market conditions, etc.  ----- Not a good fit? Check out our other opportunities: https://jobs.jobvite.com/visionist Next steps: Apply online and one of our recruiters will reach out to you. We have a streamlined process of phone screen with a recruiter, interview with a Visionist team at our HQ in Columbia, MD, and that is all! Interested in learning more about Visionist and the work we do? Check out our website! https://www.visionistinc.com/what-we-do ----- U.S citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain / maintain a government security clearance.  Visionist, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities employer.