EY GDS-Staff-AppSec-AI-Automation-Engineer

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Job Title: EY GDS – AI Automation Engineer, Technology Consulting

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About Global Delivery Services

Global Delivery Services refers to EY's worldwide network of service delivery centers. The GDS team plays an important role in EY’s strategy by ensuring effective support to EY’s growth agenda.

Our journey started in 2002 with approximately 200 people. Today we stand at 80,000+ professionals in ten locations around the world. We operate in Argentina, China, Hungary, India, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Client service is focused on providing Consulting, Assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions, and Knowledge support to our clients around the world. The teams enable account teams worldwide to provide seamless, high-quality, value-added support, helping deliver exceptional client service.

Enablement Services provides cost-effective, high-skilled, and innovative services to support EY’s global and local enablement teams. Markets, BMC, AWS, Finance and Accounting, Risk Management, Procurement, People Shared Services, IT Service Delivery and IT Global Infrastructure services, are among the services offered by Enablement Services.

Our innovation specialists serve the GDS Client Service and Enablement Services teams, along with Service Lines, Core Business Services and Sectors. The team brings the desired environment, technologies and skilled teams together for facilitation, rapid prototyping and innovative thinking. The competencies offered include analytics, digital, user experience, mobile technology, infrastructure, Microsoft technologies and open innovation.

About the Role:

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is seeking a high-performing AI Automation Engineer to design, develop, and deploy AI-driven automation solutions for enterprise and client environments. This role focuses on hands-on engineering, building scalable AI-powered workflows, and accelerating delivery through intelligent automation and generative AI capabilities.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to implement production-grade AI use cases across application security, offensive security, and enterprise workflows using modern AI tooling, LLM frameworks, and automation platforms.

The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with working knowledge of generative AI, automation frameworks, and secure development practices, and demonstrates the ability to translate business needs into scalable AI-enabled solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and deploy AI-driven automation workflows using LLMs, agent frameworks, and orchestration tools.
• Build and integrate AI-powered solutions into enterprise pipelines, including CI/CD workflows and cloud environments.
• Implement automation for use cases such as code generation, testing, vulnerability analysis, documentation, and knowledge retrieval.
• Work with generative AI tools including OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, and similar platforms to accelerate engineering productivity.
• Develop and support Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, prompt engineering strategies, and evaluation datasets.
• Contribute to AI harness frameworks, evaluation pipelines, benchmarking models, and fine-tuning datasets.
• Implement agentic workflows using modern frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or equivalent.
• Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to translate solution designs into working implementations.
• Ensure adherence to secure coding standards and integrate DevSecOps practices in AI solution delivery.
• Work closely with client stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver measurable automation outcomes.

Cyber Experience (Any One Preferred):

Application Security:

• Secure coding practices, static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), DevSecOps, CI/CD integration
• API security, OWASP Top 10, software supply chain security, secrets management

Offensive Security:

• Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), red teaming, adversarial testing
• Exposure to AI/LLM security risks including prompt injection, jailbreaks, and model misuse

Technical Skills and Expertise:

• Programming: Python (mandatory), with exposure to JavaScript or other scripting languages
• AI/LLM Tools: OpenAI Codex, Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, or similar tools
• AI Frameworks: LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or equivalents
• Cloud Platforms: Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP
• AI Platforms: Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, Vertex AI, or similar
• Prototyping Tools: Replit, notebooks, rapid experimentation tools
• Data & Pipelines: Basic understanding of data ingestion, preprocessing, vector databases, embeddings
• Concepts: RAG, prompt engineering, embeddings, fine-tuning basics, evaluation methods, agentic workflows

Soft Skills and Attributes:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Effective communication and collaboration with global teams
• Ability to work in fast-paced consulting environments
• Continuous learning mindset with interest in emerging AI trends

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI/ML, Cybersecurity, or related field
• 2–4 years of experience in software engineering, automation, or AI-driven solution delivery
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools and automation frameworks
• Relevant certifications are a plus:
• Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate
• AWS Machine Learning Specialty
•  Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more. 

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.  

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