AI Security Architect, Director
Core
Define and drive AI security strategy, architecture, and governance for enterprise platforms, client-facing products, and emerging agentic systems.
Role type
Director-level AI Security Architect
Builds
Security guardrails, enforcement mechanisms, automated testing frameworks, and secure deployment patterns for LLM applications and agent workflows.
Domain
Enterprise AI/ML security, Cloud Security, Agentic Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Security architecture, threat modeling, secure design reviews, risk assessment, technical leadership, influence without authority, code/scripting for security automation, distributed/cloud-native platform fluency
Preferred skills
AI/ML platform security, LLM application security, agent-based workflow security, RAG pipeline security, AI governance definition, CI/CD-integrated security testing, highly regulated environment experience
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD, LLM, MCP, RAG
Responsibilities
Establish firmwide security standards and governance for AI systems; lead security architecture reviews and risk assessments for high-risk AI initiatives; identify and remediate AI-specific risks (prompt injection, jailbreaks, data leakage); design and scale AI security guardrails and automated tests; mentor security engineers; represent AI and security architecture in executive forums.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & hands-on architecture