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Key Responsibilities:\n* Design and implement the multi-agent orchestration framework using frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or custom Python.* Build the model-serving and routing layer supporting multiple LLM backends (self-hosted open-weights models and approved API providers), with caching, fallback and cost tracking.* Implement tool integrations: SIEM APIs, Tenable, ExtraHop, GitLab, Fortify, sandbox detonation, shell/code execution sandboxes, MITRE ATT&CK/D3FEND knowledge bases.* Build vector stores, RAG pipelines and long-term memory for agents; maintain curated security knowledge corpora.* Engineer the evaluation harness: golden datasets, regression tests, red-team prompts, quality and safety metrics per agent.* Implement guardrails and AI security controls per PLOT4AI, OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS and NIST AI RMF: prompt-injection defence, output filtering, tool-use authorization, data exfiltration controls, model supply-chain verification.* Package and deploy the platform on private cloud with full observability (traces, token usage, cost, latency, safety events).* Partner with the Principal AI Security Architect on threat modelling of the platform itself.\nGoals\n* Deliver a production-grade agentic AI platform that the three agent lines (SOC, Pentest, Code Review) can build on without reimplementing common primitives.* Ensure every deployed agent runs under enforced guardrails, authorization boundaries, and full audit logging.* Achieve reproducible agent quality through a rigorous evaluation and regression framework - no silent regressions between model or prompt updates.* Keep infrastructure and model costs transparent and under budget through routing, caching and quota controls.\nSpecific Objectives (SMART)\n* Within 30 days: [redacted]  onboard the AI SOC agent as the first tenant.* Within 90 days: deliver v0.2 supporting the AI Pentest and AI Secure Code Review agents; publish threat model and AI RMF mapping.* Within 6 months: production-grade v1.0 with SLOs, on-call runbooks, and red-team validation.\nTimeline & Engagement Model* 12-month contract.* Design + MVP: Months 1-3.* Multi-agent support: Months 3-6.* Production hardening: Months 6-12.\nRequired Skills & Experience:\n* 5+ years backend engineering in Python (FastAPI, async, typing); strong systems design.* Hands-on experience building LLM agent systems with LangGraph / LangChain / CrewAI / AutoGen or equivalent.* Production experience with vector DBs (pgvector, Qdrant, Weaviate), embedding pipelines, and RAG.* Strong MLOps / LLMOps: model serving (vLLM, TGI, Ollama), evaluation frameworks, tracing (OpenTelemetry, LangSmith, Langfuse).* Cloud-native delivery: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD via GitLab.* Working knowledge of OWASP LLM Top 10, NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, PLOT4AI.* Security mindset: secrets handling via Vault, least-privilege tool access, auditability.\nSalt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3297,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T22:07:30Z"}],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.202,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":132,"expected_fill_days":47,"reasons":["conf:31","agency","stale_co","urgency","velocity","ghost","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/salt-ai-platform-engineer-agentic","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/salt-ai-platform-engineer-agentic.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T11:45:08Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3512,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1488,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}