Cybersecurity Senior Engineer | AI Security

Job ID

Req197419

Location

Atlanta, GA

Category

Technology

Pay Range*

$120,000.00 – $180,000.00

Apply By

12/21/2026

Company Overview

What’s the best place we’ve ever built? The place where we work. At Home Depot, our goal is to provide the highest level of service, the broadest selection of products, and the most competitive prices. As the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate more than 2,200 retail stores across North America. And each of our associates are focused one thing — helping our customers build and improve their homes, businesses, and ultimately their lives.

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Position Purpose

Position Purpose:

This engineer advises on the security posture of AI models, AI bills of materials and SaaS agents at The Home Depot, from pre-production scanning through post-production remediation.

Role summary:

You will act as the advisory engineer for AI-BOM, AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) and AI SaaS agent security, guiding the teams that deploy and operate these controls. You will advise on the policies that gate risky models before release, and on keeping a complete inventory of models, agents, apps and MCP servers across the enterprise. You will also stand up the program that sorts third-party AI SaaS apps into approved and unapproved and speeds up their threat modeling.

Key Responsibilities:

  • 100% Deliver Execution, Plans & Align, Problem Solving – Design automation workflows and capabilities in support of data collection, investigation and incident response Develop threat hunting and data analysis strategy and capabilities Identify and propose new technologies, methodologies and/or approaches to detecting malicious activity Utilize indicators to scope and respond proactively to emerging threats Design, build, configure, maintain and monitor cybersecurity threat defense capabilities and user access management
  • Act as the advisory engineer for AI-BOM, AI-SPM and AI SaaS agent security.
  • Advise on pre-production model scanning in the CI/CD pipeline, including policies that block or flag risky models and a complete model inventory.
  • Advise on post-production model scanning of running models, and on remediation of high and critical findings within defined SLAs.
  • Advise on the AI-BOM, so that models, datasets, libraries and dependencies behind each AI system are inventoried and tracked.
  • Advise on SaaS agent security tooling across all AI platforms that host SaaS agents, including policies and a complete agent inventory.
  • Classify third-party AI SaaS apps as approved or unapproved, and build a repeatable program for threat modeling and security policy on those apps.
  • Advise on a Shadow AI dashboard that discovers models, apps, agents and MCP servers.
  • Troubleshoot issues at the application level with engineering and platform teams.
  • Document standards, runbooks, policies and exceptions.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

  • This Position typically reports to Manager or Sr. Manager
  • This Position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

  • No travel required.

Physical Requirements:

  • Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

  • Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Must be eighteen years of age or older.
  • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in data security and/or application security, including engineering and administering security tooling in an enterprise environment.
  • Working knowledge of how AI and ML models are developed, trained, packaged and deployed, including common model formats, registries and the risks tied to each (for example, unsafe serialization, poisoned or tampered models, and exposed secrets).
  • Experience advising engineering teams on security tooling and policy, including AI-BOM, AI-SPM or comparable software supply chain and posture management practices.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release processes, including integrating security scanning and policy gates into the pipeline and deploying new security products.
  • Experience troubleshooting security tools and integrations at the application level, working with engineering and platform teams to resolve issues.
  • Experience building and maintaining inventories and dashboards for assets such as models, applications, agents and APIs, and driving findings to remediation against defined SLAs.
  • Experience working across multiple teams to complete tasks, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong documentation skills, including policies, standards, runbooks and intake procedures.
  • Ability to leverage AI tools to improve areas such as scripting, analysis, documentation and operational efficiency while maintaining appropriate data protection and accuracy.
  • Preferred: experience with model scanning, SaaS security posture, SBOM or AI-BOM tooling, or third-party risk and threat modeling programs.
  • Preferred: previous experience leading, coaching or mentoring team members.

Minimum Education:

  • The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

Preferred Education:

  • No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

  • 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

  • No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

  • None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

  • None

Certifications:

  • None

Competencies:

  • Action Oriented
  • Collaborates
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Customer Focus
  • Drives Results

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is between $120,000.00 – $180,000.00*

* Starting wage may vary based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the position being offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. The Home Depot offers additional competitive and non-financial benefits, which may include a performance-based bonus program or a profit sharing program depending on position.

Work Location

Remote/virtual – Associates in remote roles have the flexibility to complete their job responsibilities primarily from home. Depending on the position, a remote role may be entirely virtual, or it may require living within a commutable distance of an assigned company office to support occasional, in-person responsibilities.

Building Location

GA01
VIRTUAL
Atlanta, GA

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Online Assessments

As part of our application process for this role, there is an online assessment that you will need to complete. You’ll be directed to the link to start the assessment immediately after submitting your application. Once you click on the assessment link, you’ll have 96 hours to complete it. You may stop and restart the assessment as many times as needed during your 96-hour time frame. The assessment should only take about 20 minutes to complete.

During the assessment, we’ll ask you questions about how you approach work and various other work-related situations. The questions are based on characteristics that are related to performing successfully in hourly roles at The Home Depot, including: how you work as part of a team; whether you are responsible, dependable and thorough; and your ability to learn new skills. For Store/Merchandising roles we will ask a few additional questions around how you help customers and drive sales.

If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation related to the assessment, or you would like to obtain more information about the assessment, click here.

Benefits

  • Parental Leave

    Paid parental leave to bond with your new addition

  • Profit-Sharing Bonuses

    Merit increases and performance bonuses

  • Employee Stock Purchase Program

    Home Depot stock at a 15% discount through payroll deductions

  • Retirement Plans

    401(k) savings plan with company matching

  • Health & Wellness

    Medical, dental, vision insurance plans and more

  • Tuition Reimbursement

    Tuition reimbursement, scholarships, and discounted tuition rates

Paid Time Off Benefits

Salaried associates are eligible for 2 weeks of vacation in their first year. FT hourly will be eligible for 40 hours of paid vacation time after 6 months of continuous service. For positions in Washington State, Spokane, and Tacoma only: Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater. For positions in Seattle only: Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater.

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