AI Security Architect — Zero-Trust Platform

ai71 Careers Site; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity options

Benefits

Job summary

AI71 is seeking a highly experienced Security Architect to define and lead the security architecture of our AI and data platform in Abu Dhabi. You will design secure-by-design systems across AI workloads, data pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability at scale.

Collaborating with engineering, platform and AI teams, you will embed security into every layer, enforce Zero Trust, RBAC/ABAC, and maintain security standards for Kubernetes, CI/CD,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in security engineering, architecture, or related roles.
• Experience designing security for distributed systems and cloud-native platforms.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust, IAM, cryptography, and secure communication.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and secure CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve end-to-end security architecture for AI systems, data platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Establish Zero Trust principles including identity-first security, mTLS, and access control.
• Design secure patterns for distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and multi-tenant environments.
• Define security standards for Kubernetes platforms and container security practices.
• Lead threat modeling, architecture reviews, and security validations.
• Embed security into GitOps and CI/CD workflows and governance frameworks.

Skills

Zero Trust

IAM

Security architecture

DevSecOps

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Cybersecurity

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

SBOM tooling

OpenTelemetry

cryptography libraries

Job description

AI71 is seeking a highly experienced Security Architect to define and lead the security architecture of our AI and data platform in Abu Dhabi. You will design secure-by-design systems across AI workloads, data pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability at scale.

Collaborating with engineering, platform and AI teams, you will embed security into every layer, enforce Zero Trust, RBAC/ABAC, and maintain security standards for Kubernetes, CI/CD,