AI Security Architect

We are seeking an experienced AI Security Architect to design, implement, and govern secure AI/ML systems across the enterprise. This role is responsible for embedding security, privacy, and trust into AI solutions—from model development and deployment to monitoring and lifecycle management. The ideal candidate will combine deep cybersecurity expertise with hands‑on knowledge of AI/ML technologies, ensuring that AI systems are resilient against adversarial threats, data leakage, and misuse.

What you’ll be doing:

• AI Security Strategy & Architecture: Define and lead the AI security architecture roadmap aligned to enterprise security strategy. Develop secure‑by‑design frameworks for AI/ML pipelines, including data ingestion, training, inference, and deployment. Establish AI trust, risk, and compliance controls (e.g., explainability, fairness, robustness).
• Threat Modelling & Risk Management: Conduct threat modelling for AI systems, identifying vulnerabilities such as adversarial attacks (evasion, poisoning), model inversion and extraction, and data leakage and privacy risks. Define and implement risk mitigation strategies and controls. Perform AI security risk assessments and integrate findings into governance processes.
• Secure AI/ML Lifecycle: Integrate security into ML pipelines (MLSecOps) including CI/CD and MLOps frameworks. Secure dataset handling and lineage, model versioning and integrity validation, access control and secrets management. Embed automated security testing into model development pipelines.
• Data Protection & Privacy: Ensure compliance with data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA where applicable). Implement privacy‑preserving techniques such as differential privacy, federated learning, data anonymization, and synthetic data. Define policies for sensitive data usage in AI models.
• Security Controls for Emerging AI Risks: Design safeguards for large language models (LLMs) and generative AI (prompt injection, hallucinations, data exfiltration) and API and model endpoint security. Implement guardrails and monitoring solutions for generative AI usage.
• Governance, Compliance & Standards: Establish AI security standards, policies, and guidelines aligned to frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, 23894. Support regulatory compliance and audits related to AI security. Partner with data scientists, ML engineers, DevOps, and security teams to embed security practices. Act as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders on AI‑related risks. Provide security design reviews for AI initiatives. Define monitoring for model drift, anomalies, and misuse detection. Develop playbooks for AI‑related security incidents, including model compromise or data breaches. Lead investigations involving AI system risks.

What you’ll bring:

• 20+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with at least 3+ years in AI/ML security or data security.
• Strong knowledge of machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.), cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and AI services, identity & access management, encryption, and network security.
• Experience in threat modeling and risk assessment methodologies.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, or related field.

It would be great if you had:

• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, Certified AI Security (e.g., CAISP or similar).
• Experience with AI red teaming and adversarial testing.
• Knowledge of secure coding and DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with Responsible AI principles and ethical AI frameworks.

Key Skills:

• AI/ML security and adversarial techniques.
• Cloud security architecture.
• Data privacy and protection.
• Threat modeling and risk analysis.
• DevSecOps / MLSecOps.
• API and application security.
• Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.