Information Security Specialist & AI Security Architect

TD; Canada; On-site; CAD 114,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Canada seeks an experienced AI Security Architect to design and govern security architectures for enterprise AI platforms. The role involves developing security standards, conducting assessments, and collaborating with engineering teams. Candidates should have a degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity, along with various cloud security certifications and prior experience in information security and AI governance. TD offers opportunities for career development within a dynamic technology environment.

Benefits

Health and well-being benefits

Savings and retirement programs

Career development opportunities

Paid time off

Banking benefits and discounts

Qualifications

• 7+ years in information security, with 3+ years in cloud security architecture.
• Experience with compliance frameworks such as NIST and ISO.
• Demonstrated experience in security architecture for AI platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and govern security architectures for AI platforms.
• Develop STIGs and security baselines for AI services.
• Conduct security assessments of AI services prior to enterprise approval.

Skills

Cloud Security Architecture

Information Security

Compliance Frameworks

AI Safety Governance

Microsoft Azure Platforms

Cybersecurity

Education

University Degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity

Cloud Security Certification

Tools

Azure Security Engineer

CISSP

CCSP

Job description

Overview

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hours: 37.5
Line of Business: Technology Solutions
Pay Details: $114,000 - $136,800 CAD
Notes: This role is temporarily eligible for a pay premium above the posted salary range that is reassessed annually. You are encouraged to have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide more specific pay details for this role.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs. As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description

Department Overview: Building a World-Class Technology Team at TD

We can't afford to be boring. Neither can you. The scale and scope of what TD does may surprise you. The rapid pace of change makes it a business imperative for us to be smart and open-minded in the way we think about technology. TD's technology and business teams become more intertwined as new opportunities present themselves. This new era in banking does not equal boring. Not at TD, anyway.

TD Information Security covers the development and management of security strategies, policies, and programs to assess, prioritize, and mitigate business risk with technology controls. Priorities include: mitigating and managing cyber security threats, ensuring systems availability, aligning with global regulatory risk and compliance requirements, managing systems and network complexity, and partnering with businesses for better technology delivery by providing advice on technology controls.

There's room to grow in all of it.

Responsibilities

The AI Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing security architectures for enterprise AI platforms and services. This role serves as the subject matter expert for securing Microsoft's AI and Copilot ecosystem and for developing Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and hardening standards to ensure compliant, secure deployment of AI solutions across regulated environments. The Architect partners with security engineering, cloud platform teams, compliance, and legal stakeholders to enable the safe and responsible adoption of AI technologies while maintaining strong risk management and regulatory alignment.

Meaningful work is fueled by meaningful performance and career development conversations with your manager. Here’s some of what you may be asked to perform:

• Lead the security architecture design for AI platforms and services across the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Develop, maintain, and publish STIGs and security baselines for AI services, including configuration standards, risk controls, validation steps, and continuous compliance guidance.
• Security controls defined should include:
• Model access controls
• Data ingestion and indexing security
• Prompt and content filtering
• Training dataset governance
• Logging and monitoring
• Model endpoint exposure
• API security
• Identity, authorization, and tenant isolation
• Supply chain and tool-assisted development workflows
• Author and manage security architecture frameworks for enterprise AI use cases as well as risk assessments for GenAI systems.
• Ensure control mapping aligned with NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and TD standards.
• Serve as the security authority on:
• Azure AI Search
• Azure OpenAI
• Azure Content Safety
• Azure Machine Learning
• Azure Foundry
• Microsoft 365 Copilot
• M365 Studio
• GitHub Copilot
• Build secure design patterns for AI workloads.
• Provide hands-on security guidance and architecture reviews for AI and GenAI pilots and production deployments.
• Partner with engineering teams to embed security by design into CI/CD pipelines.
• Review AI solutions for compliances with enterprise security policies, responsible AI principles and data protection and privacy requirements.
• Conduct security assessments of new AI services and releases prior to enterprise approval.

Qualifications

What can you bring to TD? Share your credentials, but your relevant experience and knowledge can be just as likely to get our attention. It helps if you have:

• University Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Cloud Security Certification (e.g., Azure Security Engineer, Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect, CISSP, CCSP, etc.).
• 7+ years in information security with 3+ years focused on cloud security architecture.
• Experience in a regulated environment.
• Prior work with Responsible AI frameworks, AI safety governance models, or data ethics compliance programs.
• Demonstrated experience as a Cloud Security Architect or Security Engineer with direct ownership over platform hardening standards or STIG development.
• Extensive technical knowledge of Microsoft cloud and AI platforms.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks impacting AI security (e.g., NIST, ISO, CIS Benchmarks, etc.).
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.

About TD

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues. TD is committed to being a leader in customer experience, and we support colleagues through regular leadership and development conversations, mentorship, and training programs.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information

We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. This job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. Each province or territory within Canada may have its own regulations and requirements.

Colleague Development: Regular career development and performance conversations with your manager, access to an online learning platform, and mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

Training & Onboarding: Training and onboarding to ensure you have what you need to succeed.

Interview Process: We will reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview and aim to communicate outcomes by email or phone.

Accommodation: Please let us know if you’d like accommodations to help you participate in the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only): Sans Objet