New

AI Security Consultant

TEKsystems
$95.00 - $110.00 / hr
life insurance, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Nov 19, 2025
Description Overview: We are launching a strategic AI Security initiative focused on protecting GenAI environments, user endpoints, and developer systems. This role will be instrumental in deploying and operationalizing AI-specific security solutions (Prompt Security or AIM Security), supporting LLM firewalls, prompt monitoring, and agentic protection for developer and inference systems. Ideal individual will come from an incident response background. AI Security Solution Deployment: Lead the implementation of AI security platforms, with a focus on LLM firewalling and prompt security. Evaluate and procure tools to support GenAI protection across user and developer environments. Stack-Specific Security Oversight: 1.Endpoint SaaS Applications: Deploy desktop-level security agents to monitor and control prompt submissions to GenAI platforms (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.). Ensure curated data is protected and prompt activity is visible and auditable. 2.Developer Systems Protection: Implement agentic security capabilities to safeguard developer environments interacting with AI models. Focus on securing local inference, model training, and prompt engineering workflows. 3.LLM Inference Firewalling: Architect and manage security controls for AI inference systems, including Gemini and Claude. Prevent prompt injection, jailbreak attempts, and adversarial attacks through robust LLM firewalling strategies. Threat Detection & Prevention: Build and maintain detection mechanisms for prompt-based threats, data leakage, and model manipulation. Integrate with existing security infrastructure to ensure seamless visibility and response. Cross-Team Collaboration work closely with Data Security, Cloud Security, and Application Security teams to align AI protection strategies with broader enterprise security goals. Security Policy & Governance: Contribute to the development of AI-specific security policies, standards, and technical specifications. Ensure compliance with internal frameworks and external regulations. Skills Security, Information security, artificial intelligence Additional Skills & Qualifications team collaboration and strong communication Experience Level Expert Level Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Chicago, IL. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $95.00 - $110.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully remote position. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Nov 30, 2025. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.