AI Security Architect – Generative AI, LLM Security & AI Gateway Controls
Remote · United States
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- Education
- Master's
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About the role
BePartOfAHigh-PerformingTeam
Joinaglobalfinancialservicesorganizationadvancingitscybersecuritycapabilitiestosupportthesecureadoptionofartificialintelligence.Theorganizationoperatesinahighlyregulatedenvironmentwhereprotectingsensitiveinformation,strengtheningsecuritycontrols,andmaintainingoperationalresilienceareessential.
ThisopportunitysitswithinaglobalAIsecuritytransformationinitiativefocusedonestablishingconsistentsafeguardsforgenerativeAIapplications,intelligentautomation,andemergingAItechnologies.Theteamcollaborateswithcybersecurityarchitects,engineers,riskandcompliancespecialists,technologyleaders,andbusinessstakeholdersacrossmultipleinternationalregions.
AsanAISecurityArchitect,youwillplayahands-onroleintranslatingemergingAIsecurityrisksintopracticaltechnicalcontrols,scalablearchitecturepatterns,andsustainablesecuritypractices.
What'sInStoreForYou
WorkArrangement:100%Remote
Engagement:W2only(noC2C/1099)
ContractopportunitysupportingaglobalAIsecuritytransformationprogram.
CollaboratewithinternationaltechnologyandcybersecurityteamsacrosstheAmericas,Europe,andAsia-Pacific.
Workdirectlywithemergingtechnologies,includinggenerativeAI,largelanguagemodels(LLMs),AIcopilots,andautonomousAIagents.
Contributetoenterprise-widesecurityarchitecture,AIgovernance,andreusablesecurityplatforms.
GainexposuretocomplexAIsecuritychallengeswithinahighlyregulatedfinancialservicesenvironment.
HowYouWillMakeAnImpact
Design,develop,andimplementsecurityarchitecturesthatprotectenterprisegenerativeAIapplications,LLMintegrations,copilots,andagent-basedsystems.
Establishtechnicalsafeguardsagainstpromptinjection,sensitivedataexposure,insecuremodeloutputs,andunauthorizedAIsystembehavior.
ArchitectcentralizedAIgatewaycapabilitiesthatenforcesecuritypoliciesacrossinteractionswithAImodelsandservices.
Implementcontrolsforpromptinspection,outputfiltering,sensitiveinformationredaction,modelauthorization,andAPIabuseprevention.
AddressemergingAIsecurityvulnerabilitiesinvolvingretrieval-augmentedgeneration(RAG),vectordatabases,embeddings,modeldependencies,andAIsupplychains.
PartnerwithsoftwareengineeringandplatformteamstointegratesecuritycontrolsthroughoutAIapplicationdevelopment,deployment,andongoingoperations.
DevelopsecurearchitecturalpatternsforAIsystemsthatprocessconfidentialcustomerinformation,employeerecords,andregulatedfinancialdata.
SupporttheidentificationandassessmentofunauthorizedorunmanagedAItools,commonlyreferredtoasshadowAI.
Establishmonitoring,auditlogging,andevidence-generationcapabilitiestostrengthenAIsecurityoversightandregulatoryreadiness.
Collaboratewithregionalsecurityleaders,riskmanagement,compliance,privacy,legal,procurement,andtechnologystakeholderstoaligntechnicalsolutionswithenterprisesecurityexpectations.
Translatesecurityassessmentsintoactionableimplementationplans,measurablecontrols,andrepeatableoperationalprocesses.
Buildautomation,integrations,andsecuritytoolingusingmodernprogrammingorscriptinglanguages.
Requirements
DoYouHavetheExpertisetoLeadinGenerativeAISecurityArchitecture?
5–7yearsofrelevantcybersecurity,securityarchitecture,orsecurityengineeringexperience,withdemonstratedhands-oninvolvementinsecuringmodernapplicationsandAI-enabledtechnologies.
PracticalexperiencedesigningorimplementingsecuritycontrolsforgenerativeAI,LLM-poweredapplications,AIcopilots,oragenticAIsystems.
StrongunderstandingofAI-specificthreats,includingpromptinjection,dataleakage,insecureoutputhandling,excessiveagentpermissions,andmodelsupplychainvulnerabilities.
ExperiencedesigningorimplementingcentralizedsecuritycontrolsforAImodelinteractions,APItraffic,orapplicationgateways.
Knowledgeofpromptfiltering,responseinspection,PII/secretredaction,accesscontrols,ratelimiting,andsecurityauditlogging.
FamiliaritywithsecurityconsiderationsinvolvingRAGarchitectures,embeddings,vectordatabases,andexternalmodelintegrations.
Proficiencyinatleastoneprogrammingorscriptinglanguage,suchasPython,Go,orNode.js.
Experienceintegratingsecuritycapabilitiesintosoftwaredevelopment,applicationarchitecture,andproductionenvironments.
Understandingofdataprotectionandsecurityrequirementsinenvironmentshandlingsensitiveorregulatedinformation.
Abilitytoworkindependentlyacrossarchitecture,engineering,implementation,andoperationaladoption.
Strongcommunicationandcollaborationskills,withtheabilitytoexplaintechnicalrisksandarchitecturaldecisionstodiversestakeholders.
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