GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.
General Description
GuidePoint Security is seeking an Associate Applied AI Engineer to join our growing AI and Agentic Enablement practice. This is an junior-level engineering role for candidates who build AI and agentic systems, both to improve how we operate internally and to support the development of AI-powered offerings we deliver to clients. You will support senior engineers and practice leads, contributing to the design, development, and deployment of agentic workflows and AI tooling. This role spans internal automation, client-adjacent solution development, cross-team enablement, and ongoing experimentation with emerging AI technologies.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the authoring and deployment of agentic harnesses within existing agentic platforms
- Assist in prototyping and iterating on agentic harnesses and LLM-integrated workflows
- Define and implement benchmarks to evaluate the performance, reliability, and accuracy of agentic pipelines and workflows, supporting continuous improvement and quality assurance
- Research and evaluate emerging AI tools, models, and platforms, and surface relevant findings to the team
- Support the identification and development of AI-powered automations that improve efficiency across service delivery, operations, and sales functions
- Participate in workflow assessments to understand current-state processes and identify opportunities for agentic automation
- Contribute to internal tools, integrations, and AI-assisted workflows in active use across the Northeast region
- Serve as a hands-on resource for regional teams, building their capability to independently operate and maintain agentic harnesses
- Other duties as assigned
Required Experience:
- High school diploma and 1 year of relevant experience
- Working knowledge of Python and the ability to author, configure, and iterate on agentic harnesses within existing agentic platforms
- Foundational understanding of large language models, prompt engineering, and API-based AI integration
- Ability to read, write, and debug code independently at a junior level
- Demonstrated ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated engagement with agentic AI systems and automation through coursework, projects, or self-directed learning
Preferred Experience:
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), particularly AI/ML services
- Experience with tools such as vector databases, orchestration layers, or workflow automation platforms
- Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns or tool-use/function-calling with LLMs
- Experience designing or applying evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for AI systems
- Experience facilitating training, workshops, or technical enablement sessions for mixed audiences
- Background or coursework in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- Experience working in a professional services or consulting environment
Travel Requirements:
- Up to 10% travel
Physical Requirements:
- Sedentary work
- Substantial movement of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers for a minimum of 8 hours a day
- Required to have close visual acuity to view computer terminal and/or extensive reading for a minimum of 8 hours a day
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Why GuidePoint?
GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1,200 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 6,200 customers.
Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.
This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.
Some added perks….
- Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
- Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family). If you choose the High Deductible / HSA plan, GPS will contribute in 4 equal quarterly installments: ($850 per EE annually / $1750 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
- Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
- Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
- Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
- Pet Benefit Option
Skills Required
- High school diploma and 1 year of relevant experience
- Working knowledge of Python and ability to author, configure, and iterate on agentic harnesses within existing agentic platforms
- Foundational understanding of large language models, prompt engineering, and API-based AI integration
- Ability to read, write, and debug code independently at a junior level
- Demonstrated ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated engagement with agentic AI systems and automation through coursework, projects, or self-directed learning
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), particularly AI/ML services
- Experience with vector databases, orchestration layers, or workflow automation platforms
- Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns or tool-use/function-calling with LLMs
- Experience designing or applying evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for AI systems
- Experience facilitating training, workshops, or technical enablement sessions
- Background or coursework in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- Experience working in a professional services or consulting environment
GuidePoint Security Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GuidePoint Security and has not been reviewed or approved by GuidePoint Security.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials highlight fully covered employee premiums on a base medical plan, options including PPO and HSA, employer HSA contributions, and access to an EAP. These elements materially enhance the overall value of compensation for individuals.
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Flexible Benefits — A remote‑first model with telework/flex‑time and monthly phone/home‑internet stipends is emphasized. This flexibility and stipending increase the attractiveness of the total rewards across many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off, company holidays, and parental and other protected leaves are outlined in ESG materials and job postings. Such breadth supports work‑life balance and complements cash compensation.
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What We Do
GuidePoint Security is an elite team of highly trained, top certified experts who cut through cyber chaos and confusion to put control back in your hands. We help you make the smartest, most informed decisions, choose and integrate products and services that are the best fit, and build the most effective cybersecurity posture. We provide organizations with holistic perspective on their cyber ecosystem to minimize gaps, vulnerabilities, and optimize resources, including: 1. Understanding the changing threat landscape, vulnerabilities, and gaps 2. New insights of how product decisions align with resource capacity 3. Insightful product comparisons and integration to save time, money, and mistakes
