Staffing

Specialized Cloud, AI, and Cybersecurity Talent Solutions

Terahill helps commercial and government organizations access vetted specialists for cloud security, AI governance, DevSecOps, application security, GRC, and security program delivery.

Specialized Talent

Security talent aligned to cloud, AI, compliance, and mission outcomes.

This is not generic IT staffing. Terahill focuses on practitioners who understand security architecture, regulated environments, DevSecOps workflows, AI risk, cloud control planes, and the communication required for executive and government-facing work.

  • Role scoping tied to security outcomes, systems, tools, and compliance expectations.
  • Candidate evaluation focused on practical delivery, not keyword matching.
  • Support for commercial, state/local government, federal contractor, and subcontracting needs.
  • Flexible models for single specialists, dedicated pods, project work, and managed teams.

Where Terahill staffing fits

We help teams add specialized capacity for cloud security remediation, AI governance programs, secure delivery initiatives, compliance readiness, application security improvement, and public sector program support.

Cloud Identity, posture, logging, network, and workload hardening.
AI Governance, model risk, data exposure, and policy controls.
Cyber Architecture, DevSecOps, GRC, AppSec, and program leadership.

Staffing Models

Flexible ways to add specialized security capacity.

Choose the model that matches your timeline, governance needs, delivery ownership, and internal capacity.

Staff Augmentation

Add individual specialists to support defined security, cloud, AI, GRC, or DevSecOps workstreams.

Dedicated Security Pods

Deploy a coordinated pod of specialists for assessment, remediation, governance, and delivery acceleration.

Project-Based Staffing

Bring in talent for a bounded initiative such as cloud remediation, CMMC readiness, or AI governance rollout.

Managed Security Teams

Use an ongoing team model for advisory, remediation tracking, architecture review, and operational support.

Roles Provided

Specialists for security programs, cloud platforms, AI adoption, and regulated delivery.

Cloud

Cloud Security Engineer

Cloud posture, identity, network controls, logging, workload hardening, and remediation support.

Delivery

DevSecOps Engineer

CI/CD controls, scanning integration, secrets handling, IaC review, and release governance.

AppSec

Application Security Engineer

Threat modeling, secure code review, API security, vulnerability triage, and developer enablement.

Architecture

Security Architect

Enterprise, cloud, Zero Trust, identity, segmentation, and defense-in-depth architecture support.

AI

AI Security Specialist

AI risk, data exposure, prompt injection, model governance, and policy-control support.

Governance

GRC Analyst

Control mapping, evidence management, policy review, remediation tracking, and readiness reporting.

Government

ISSO / ISSM

System security documentation, authorization support, control oversight, and program compliance coordination.

Leadership

Security Program Manager

Roadmap execution, stakeholder coordination, security workstream tracking, and executive reporting.

Our Vetting Process

Talent screening designed for real security work.

We evaluate candidates for the work they will actually perform: technical depth, judgment, tool fluency, communication, and ability to operate in sensitive environments.

1

Technical screening

Review role-specific knowledge across cloud, AI, DevSecOps, AppSec, GRC, architecture, or program delivery.

2

Security scenario assessment

Evaluate judgment through realistic scenarios involving risk prioritization, incidents, remediation, or governance.

3

Tool proficiency validation

Confirm practical fluency with relevant cloud, scanning, SIEM, GRC, IaC, CI/CD, or AI governance tools.

4

Communication review

Assess ability to document findings, brief stakeholders, collaborate with engineers, and communicate risk clearly.

5

Background check support where required

Support client-required screening workflows for sensitive, government, subcontract, or regulated environments.

Engagement Options

Pricing models without forcing a one-size-fits-all structure.

Exact rates depend on role seniority, duration, clearance or background requirements, work model, and whether the need is individual, pod-based, project-based, or government subcontract support.

Hourly

Hourly staffing

Best for targeted specialist support, surge capacity, backlogs, assessments, and short-term delivery needs.

Discuss hourly needs
Monthly

Monthly dedicated resources

Best for embedded security roles, ongoing remediation, continuous GRC work, or program support.

Discuss dedicated resources
Team

Team/pod pricing

Best for coordinated pods covering architecture, engineering, GRC, DevSecOps, and program management.

Discuss pod structure
Government

Government subcontract staffing

Best for prime contractors and public sector programs requiring specialized cyber talent and delivery support.

View government contracting support

Discuss Staffing Needs

Tell us what role, team, outcome, and timeline you need to support.

We will help define the skill profile, staffing model, vetting criteria, onboarding expectations, and delivery outcomes for specialized Cloud, AI, and cybersecurity talent.