AI SecOps Engineer

Nelnet

AI SecOps Engineer at Nelnet overseeing security and compliance for AI systems. Working closely with Cyber Security Group to implement robust security standards and automation.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesJunior💰 $100,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the working relationship with CSG on data residency, PII handling, access governance, and model security controls
Translate policy into guardrails the delivery team and citizen developers can act on
Build and maintain security tooling, guardrail enforcement, and policy-as-code integrations across Enterprise AI platforms
Reduce manual review through automation where possible
Develop reusable security components and patterns that delivery teams and citizen developers can drop into Agent builds—making the secure path the easy path
Instrument AI platforms to detect anomalous behavior, access patterns, and policy violations
Build the detection layer, not just consume it

Requirements

What you’ll need

1 –2 years hands-on experience applying security and compliance controls to AI or ML systems
Familiarity with LLM-specific risks: prompt injection, data leakage, model access control, output filtering
Experienced defining architecture standards or technical guardrails
Familiarity with data residency requirements, PII handling, and access governance in enterprise environments
Ability to translate security requirements into developer-facing guidance
Demonstrated ability to build and implement solutions directly, not just document or advise

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision
HSA and FSA
generous earned time off
401K/student loan repayment
life insurance & AD&D insurance
employee assistance program
employee stock purchase program
tuition reimbursement
performance-based incentive pay
short- and long-term disability
robust wellness program

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Hard Skills & Tools

security controlscompliance controlspolicy-as-codeautomationsecurity toolingAI platformsanomalous behavior detectionarchitecture standardsguardrailsreusable security components

Soft Skills

relationship managementguidance translationsolution implementationcollaborationcommunication