Security Architect - AI Workflow Experience Essential

Our Financial Services client is seeking an experienced IT Security Architect with strong, hands-on experience in AI security.

The role focuses on embedding security-by-design across AI-enabled and enterprise systems, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and enterprise security standards.

AI security experience is essential - candidates without it will not be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across enterprise and AI-driven solutions

• Apply SABSA framework to align business requirements with risk-driven security architecture

• Define and secure the AI/ML life cycle (data, model, deployment, monitoring)

• Identify and mitigate risks including:

  • Data leakage

  • Prompt injection

  • Model abuse/adversarial threats

• Conduct security architecture reviews and provide design-time assurance

• Support delivery teams to ensure secure implementation of solutions

Required Experience

• Proven Security Architect experience in Financial Services/regulated environments

• Strong experience applying SABSA (or equivalent)

• Mandatory: Hands-on experience securing AI/ML systems or AI-enabled platforms

• Strong knowledge of:

  • Cloud (Azure/AWS)

  • Identity & access management

  • Risk and control frameworks

AI Security (Essential)

Candidates must demonstrate:

• Practical experience securing AI/ML or LLM-based systems

• Understanding of:

  • AI threat landscape (prompt injection, data leakage, model attacks)

  • Secure AI life cycle and control design

Profile

• Commercially pragmatic, risk-aware

• Strong stakeholder engagement

• Able to translate business risk into security architecture (SABSA-aligned)