Lead AI Security Engineer, Cloud & AI Platforms

Bain & Company, Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Bain & Company, Inc. seeks a Lead Security Engineer to own the security posture of Bain's Growth AI Performance System across cloud, APIs, data pipelines, and AI workflows.

You will embed security into the development lifecycle, strengthen infrastructure, and lead responses to threats, partnering with engineering and client stakeholders to meet enterprise security needs while enabling rapid innovation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity or cloud security experience.
• Strong experience securing Azure or AWS cloud environments.
• Experience owning security controls for cloud-native apps and incident response.
• Understanding of OAuth 2.0, RBAC, and least-privilege concepts.
• Familiarity with AI security risks and DevSecOps workflows.

Responsibilities

• Secure cloud infrastructure across Azure or AWS and manage IAM.
• Embed security into CI/CD pipelines and IaC deployments.
• Lead threat modeling, security reviews, and incident response.
• Develop monitoring for suspicious AI activity and data protection.

Skills

Cloud security engineering

Azure & AWS security

Threat modeling

Security testing

DevSecOps integration

Incident response

Identity & access management

Least privilege principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Garak

PyRIT

MITRE ATLAS

Job description

Bain & Company, Inc. seeks a Lead Security Engineer to own the security posture of Bain's Growth AI Performance System across cloud, APIs, data pipelines, and AI workflows.

You will embed security into the development lifecycle, strengthen infrastructure, and lead responses to threats, partnering with engineering and client stakeholders to meet enterprise security needs while enabling rapid innovation.