Engineer 5 - Contingent

Position: Engineer 5 - Contingent Location: Charlotte, NC Duration: 12 + months Contract Job ID: 177245 Rate- $80/hr - $90/hr on W2 Job Overview: In this contingent resource assignment, you will consult as an expert to develop or influence initiatives and resources for highly complex business and technical needs across Engineering. You will address highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale, and require vision, creativity, innovation, and advanced analytical and inductive thinking. Additionally, you will provide expertise to senior leadership on innovative engineering business solutions and strategically engage with personnel. Responsibilities: Perform security architecture reviews and GenAI threat modeling for GenAI and agentic AI platforms and use cases. Identify and mitigate risks such as prompt injection, jailbreak, data leakage, model poisoning, vector or embedding attacks, and third-party model risks. Conduct secure architecture reviews for GenAI platforms, including Google Vertex AI, AgentSpace, Copilot Studio, and internal LLM services. Define and validate security requirements aligned with OWASP LLM Top 10, OWASP Agentic Application Security, MITRE ATLAS, and internal GenAI security standards. Review IAM models, secrets management, API security, and cloud security controls (Azure, GCP). Produce high-quality threat models, architecture review reports, and mitigation recommendations. Collaborate with engineering teams to gather architecture artifacts and drive security improvements. Qualifications: 7 years of Engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through work, consulting experience, training, military experience, or education. 8 years in cybersecurity, security architecture, application security, or threat modeling. Hands-on experience conducting threat models, including for GenAI workloads. Strong cloud security expertise in Azure, GCP, or AWS. Experience securing LLMs, RAG pipelines, API gateways, SaaS GenAI services, or agentic systems. Familiarity with GenAI threat mitigations such as prompt filtering, DLP, vector store protection, adversarial input detection, and model hardening. Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical risks into practical guidance. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in regulated industries, with financial services preferred. Experience with ThreatModeler or similar tooling. Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or cloud provider security certifications. Experience with Terraform, Azure/GCP Policies, or OPA/Rego for IaC or PaC workflows. About PTR Global: PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. PTR Global has become one of the largest providers in its industry, with over 5000 professionals providing services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit At PTR Global, we understand the importance of your privacy and security. We NEVER ASK job applicants to: Pay any fee to be considered for, submitted to, or selected for any opportunity. Purchase any product, service, or gift cards from us or for us as part of an application, interview, or selection process. Provide sensitive financial information such as credit card numbers or banking information. Successfully placed or hired candidates would only be asked for banking details after accepting an offer from us during our official onboarding processes as part of payroll setup. Pay Range: $XXX - $XXX The specific compensation for this position will be determined by several factors, including the scope, complexity, and location of the role, as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401K contributions, as well as PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or localities where you reside or work. If you receive a suspicious message, email, or phone call claiming to be from PTR Global do not respond or click on any links. Instead, contact us directly at +1 . To report any concerns, please email us at