Lead AI Consultant (Defence & Security)

The role is part of Spyrosoft’s Defence, Security & Aerospace unit, supporting defence and security clients requiring personal security clearance and strict control over infrastructure and data.

• Minimum 7 years in IT including at least 3 years in AI-focused roles.
• Proven experience leading consulting, discovery, pre-sales, solution design, or AI delivery engagements.
• Strong knowledge of Generative AI and LLM-based solutions including RAG, evaluation, guardrails, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and observability.
• Deep understanding of security risks and controls across the AI solution lifecycle.
• Experience designing or implementing on-premises, isolated, or air-gapped solutions.
• Working understanding of networking, network segmentation, secure remote access, and data-flow controls.
• Ability to select technology based on security and operational constraints rather than defaulting to public cloud.
• Hands-on proficiency in Python and ability to build prototypes.
• Familiarity with AI/ML tools such as Jupyter, MLflow, scikit-learn, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
• Understanding of MLOps, deployment, monitoring, and secure management of models and infrastructure.
• Strong problem structuring and delivery planning skills.
• Strong communication, workshop facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Confidence in discussions with senior business, technology, infrastructure, and security stakeholders.
• Fluent in Polish and English at C1 level.
• Willingness to travel for client engagements.

Nice to have:

• Experience with defence, security, public administration, or dual-use organizations.
• Experience deploying AI solutions inside restricted client infrastructure.
• Knowledge of regulations concerning classified information, licensed defence products, import and export controls.
• Knowledge of NATO standards, including STANAGs.
• Existing personal security clearance.

• Lead discovery and pre-sales engagements including workshops, opportunity assessment, use-case definition, and project scoping.
• Translate operational, business, and security requirements into feasible AI solutions.
• Assess the value, technical feasibility, and security implications of AI use cases.
• Advise clients on model, infrastructure, and deployment choices based on constraints.
• Design secure AI architectures for cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and air-gapped environments.
• Define data processing, storage, transfer methods including network isolation and access controls.
• Address security at the application level including prompts, RAG, guardrails, and model behaviour.
• Build prototypes and support implementation in client environments.
• Prepare estimates, proposals, and statements of work with engineering and delivery teams.
• Explain architecture and security decisions to technical and business stakeholders.
• Lead AI project delivery and remain involved beyond pre-sales as needed.
• Contribute to development of Spyrosoft’s AI Consulting offering for defence and security clients.

The role requires access to defence-related projects and technologies; applicant must hold or be willing to obtain personal security clearance up to NATO SECRET / CONFIDENTIAL level.