Genesis10 is currently seeking an Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Engineer for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC. This is an 18+ month contract opportunity. This is a senior, hands-on technical role responsible for developing and operationalizing AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics solutions that enhance the organization's cybersecurity defense capabilities. This role focuses on applying data science and AI techniques to security telemetry, automation, and cyber risk insights while ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and production ready. The engineer works closely with cybersecurity operations, data engineering, and cloud teams to deliver impactful, data driven security outcomes.
Responsibilities: - Design, build, and deploy machine learning and advanced analytics solutions for cybersecurity use cases such as threat detection, anomaly detection, and predictive risk analysis
- Develop AI driven capabilities, including automation and generative AI solutions, to support security investigation, triage, and reporting
- Analyze and model large volumes of security data from enterprise, cloud, identity, and endpoint platforms
- Support cybersecurity metrics, dashboards, and insights used by operational teams and leadership
- Apply secure engineering and data handling practices to ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
- Partner with cross functional teams across cybersecurity, IT, data, and cloud platforms to integrate AI and analytics solutions
- Act as a senior technical contributor and mentor, supporting best practices in data science, AI, and security engineering
Requirements: - 5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education
- Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, and common data science or ML frameworks
- Experience working with security telemetry and platforms such as SIEM, EDR, cloud, or identity systems
- Demonstrated experience deploying analytics or ML solutions into production environments
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles, threats, and defensive technologies
- AI engineering: Agentic AI frameworks (vertex), MCP, multi-agent orchestration, LLM API, RAG
- Data Science: Lakehouse Architecture, Delta Lake, Iceberg, Snowflake, Databricks, Bigquery, Airflow, ETL, Quantitative Analysis, SQL, Python, PowerBI
Desired skills: - Experience with generative AI or advanced automation in security or operational environments
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks including NIST, MITRE Telecommunication&CK, or Zero Trust
- Relevant security, cloud, or AI/ML certifications
- Financial Services experience
Pay range: $59.53 - $67.53 per hour
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10: - Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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