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Principal AI Security Architect

Chicago, IL, USFull-time$137k–$234k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead security architect for AI, agentic AI, cloud, and emerging technology initiatives, defining security architecture, governance patterns, and technology guardrails for enterprise AI platforms.

Role type

Principal hands-on security architect

Builds

Security architecture artifacts, reference architectures, security patterns, design standards, and control requirements for AI systems

Domain

Financial services, AI security, cloud security

Required skills

Security architecture, enterprise architecture, cloud architecture, identity and access management, authentication and authorization, cloud security, application security, network security, API security, data protection, logging and monitoring, secrets management

Preferred skills

Generative AI, LLM applications, AI agents, agentic AI architectures, RAG architectures, MCP, AI gateways, AI observability, model governance, agent identity, delegated authorization, prompt security, AI threat modeling, enterprise standards development, regulated financial services experience

Technologies

Microsoft Azure

Responsibilities

Review and challenge solution designs to identify security requirements and architectural risks, conduct threat modeling and security design reviews, develop security architecture deliverables including diagrams and reference architectures, define security patterns for AI agents and platforms, partner with engineering and enterprise architecture teams, research emerging AI technologies and evaluate new platforms

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC