Senior AI Security Engineer | Pharma (Remote)

Ambit Iberia; Sant Cugat del Vallès; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambit Iberia is seeking a Senior AI Security Engineer to help secure the adoption of AI across enterprise environments. You will design, implement and govern security controls for AI-powered solutions, collaborating with cybersecurity, architecture, and AI platform teams to translate strategy into practical controls and patterns.

This hands-on role emphasizes threat modeling, security assessments, secure development practices, and the governance of AI security standards across enterprise

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent practical experience in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in Security Architecture, Application Security, Cloud Security, Platform Security, Product Security, or Security Engineering.
• Experience securing AI, ML, or Generative AI solutions.
• Solid understanding of ML, Generative AI, RAG, and Agentic AI architectures and their security risks.
• Hands-on threat modeling and security assessments.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices and security testing methodologies.
• Experience with IAM, secrets management, cloud security controls, and pipeline security.
• Ability to translate complex security concepts into guidance for technical/non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Fluent professional English.

Responsibilities

• Translate AI security risks into practical controls and guidelines.
• Conduct AI security assessments, architecture reviews, and threat modeling.
• Review AI architectures for security risks (ML, Generative AI, RAG, Agentic AI).
• Integrate security controls into AI apps, cloud platforms, and pipelines.
• Define security requirements for AI apps, data, and incidents.
• Promote secure development practices across AI initiatives.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, privacy, and legal teams.
• Help evolve AI security standards, frameworks, and best practices.
• Advise on security-by-design across the AI solution lifecycle.

Skills

Security architecture

Application security

Cloud security

Platform security

Product security

Security engineering

AI security

Threat modeling

Security assessments

IAM & secrets management

DevSecOps pipelines

Security communication

English fluency

Education

Degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Job description

We are looking for a Senior AI Security Engineer to help secure the adoption of Artificial Intelligence across enterprise environments, contributing to the design, implementation, and governance of security controls for AI-powered solutions.

In this hands-on role, you will work closely with cybersecurity, architecture, engineering, and AI platform teams to translate AI security strategy into practical controls, reusable patterns, and implementation guidance for Machine Learning, Generative AI, RAG, and Agentic AI solutions deployed at enterprise scale.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Translate AI security risks and strategic objectives into practical security controls, reusable architecture patterns, technical standards, and implementation guidelines.
• Conduct AI security assessments, architecture reviews, threat modeling exercises, and security testing activities for AI-enabled solutions.
• Review and support Machine Learning, Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Agentic AI architectures from a security perspective.
• Collaborate with development and platform teams to integrate security controls into AI applications, cloud platforms, development pipelines, and AI engineering processes.
• Define security requirements for AI applications, models, data, agents, identities, integrations, monitoring, and incident response capabilities.
• Support the implementation of secure development practices across AI initiatives.
• Work closely with cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, AI platform, privacy, legal, quality, and business teams to establish sustainable AI security practices.
• Contribute to the evolution of enterprise AI security standards, frameworks, and best practices.
• Promote security-by-design principles throughout the AI solution lifecycle.

SKILLS

Must Have

• Degree or equivalent practical experience in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proven experience in Security Architecture, Application Security, Cloud Security, Platform Security, Product Security, or Security Engineering.
• Practical exposure to securing AI, Machine Learning, or Generative AI solutions.
• Solid understanding of Machine Learning, Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Agentic AI architectures, including associated security risks and data flows.
• Hands-on experience with threat modeling and security assessments.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices and security testing methodologies.
• Experience with Identity & Access Management (IAM), secrets management, cloud security controls, and development pipeline security.
• Ability to translate complex security concepts into practical guidance for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Fluent professional English.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI security testing, red teaming, adversarial AI testing, or AI risk assessments.
• Exposure to AI engineering practices and MLOps environments.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as Pharma, Healthcare, Finance, or Life Sciences.
• Relevant cybersecurity certifications (CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, or similar).
• Knowledge of privacy, compliance, and responsible AI frameworks.
• German and/or Spanish language skills.
• Experience securing cloud-native environments and enterprise AI platforms.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• AI solutions are delivered with security embedded from design through operation.
• Security requirements are translated into practical and scalable implementation patterns.
• AI risks are proactively identified, assessed, and mitigated.
• Development teams are empowered to build secure AI solutions through clear standards and guidance.
• Consistent AI security practices are established across enterprise platforms and business domains.

SCHEDULE:

• 08h-17h from Monday to Friday (flexible)
• Preferably assistance 1 day/office; if it is not possible, full remote.

CONDITIONS:

• Salary package based on your profile.
• Ticket restaurant included in-office hours.
• Flexible compensation plan (free of income tax) where we provide you with medical insurance, public transport ticket and childcare check.
• Discounts in gym network WellHub.
• Training catalogue.

Our goal is that you are well in every way!