AI & Application Security Engineer

Clorox Company; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) program

Health benefits

Flexible work environment

Learning and growth opportunities

Job summary

Clorox is seeking an AI & Application Security Engineer to secure enterprise AI, GenAI, and agentic AI platforms from design through production. You will embed AI-specific security controls, API security, identity safeguards, and risk mitigation into AI apps, agents, and workflows.

Collaborate with Cybersecurity, IAM, Architecture, Cloud, Data, and product teams to ensure secure, compliant, and production-ready AI solutions while implementing guardrails and secure tool calling.

Qualifications

• Experience in application security, cloud security, IAM, DevSecOps, API security, and emerging AI security practices.
• Translate security requirements into practical engineering patterns that enable responsible AI delivery.
• Knowledge of AI security testing technologies such as AI Guard or equivalent runtime protection.
• Strong partnership with cloud, architecture, IAM, data, integration and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Embed AI-specific security controls, API security practices, identity safeguards, and logging into AI applications and workflows.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, IAM, Architecture, Cloud, Data, Engineering, Legal/Privacy, product teams and vendors to ensure secure AI solutions.
• Implement AI guardrails, prompt-injection protections, least-privilege access, threat modeling, and security testing.

Skills

Application security

Cloud security

Identity & access management

DevSecOps

API security

AI security practices

Tools

SAST/DAST/SCA tooling

Container scanning

SIEM

Job description

Dublin - Ireland

Full time

JR23538

Clorox is the place that’s committed to growth – for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team. #CloroxIsThePlace (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=cloroxistheplace&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7079847624048001024)

Your role at Clorox:

The AI & Application Security Engineer will help secure Clorox’s enterprise AI, GenAI, and agentic AI capabilities from design through production. This role will implement AI-specific security controls, application and API security practices, identity and access safeguards, runtime monitoring, secure MCP/API gateway patterns, and risk assessment processes to ensure AI systems are safe, compliant, and production-ready.

The engineer will partner with Cybersecurity, IAM, Architecture, Cloud, Data, Integration, Engineering, Legal/Privacy, product teams, and vendors to embed security into AI use cases without slowing responsible delivery. Key focus areas include AI guardrails, prompt-injection and jailbreak mitigation, secure tool calling, least-privilege access, logging and SIEM integration, threat modeling, evidence collection, and control validation across AI applications, agents, data access, workflows, and integrations.

In this role, you will:

• The AI / Application Security Engineer will help secure enterprise AI, GenAI, and agentic AI platforms from design through production. This role is responsible for embedding AI-specific security controls, application and API security practices, identity and access safeguards, runtime monitoring, and risk mitigation into AI applications, agents, workflows, integrations, and data access patterns.

• In this role, the engineer will partner with Cybersecurity, IAM, Architecture, Cloud, Data, Integration, Engineering, Legal/Privacy, product teams, and vendors to ensure AI solutions are secure, compliant, monitored, and production-ready. Key responsibilities include implementing AI guardrails, prompt-injection and jailbreak protections, secure tool calling, least-privilege access, input/output validation, logging and SIEM integration, threat modeling, security testing, evidence collection, and secure SDLC controls for AI and application workloads.

• The ideal candidate has strong experience in application security, cloud security, identity and access management, DevSecOps, API security, and emerging AI security practices. They should be comfortable translating security requirements into practical engineering patterns that enable responsible AI delivery without unnecessarily slowing business innovation.

What we look for:

• AI security engineering, AI guardrails, LLM/AI gateways, runtime protection, prompt-injection and jailbreak mitigation, malicious-behavior detection, content safety, input/output validation, grounding and retrieval security, sensitive-data protection, secure tool calling, API/MCP gateway security, and compliance evidence.

• Application and API security, AI threat modeling and abuse cases, adversarial testing/red teaming, DevSecOps, SAST/DAST/SCA and container scanning, vulnerability management, secrets management, observability, SIEM integration, incident response, and security control automation.

• Ability to translate security policy into practical engineering controls and repeatable patterns that do not block delivery unnecessarily.

• Working knowledge of AI security and testing technologies such as AI Guard or equivalent runtime protection, LLM/AI gateways, content-safety and prompt-shield capabilities, DLP, WAF/API gateways, SIEM/SOAR, and automated security testing tools.

• Strong partnership with cloud, architecture, IAM, data, integration and product delivery teams.

Workplace type:

#LI-Hybrid

Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive.

Learn more (https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/thriving-communities/empowering-our-employees-to-thrive/) .

Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:

• Competitive compensation

• Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international

• Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being

• Flexible work environment, depending on your role

• Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing

• Half-day Fridays, depending on your location

Who we are.

We champion people to be well and thrive every single day. We’re proud to be in every corner of homes, schools, and offices—making daily life simpler and easier through our beloved brands. Working with us, you’ll join a team of passionate problem solvers and relentless innovators fueled by curiosity, growth, and progress. We relish taking on new, interesting challenges that allow our people to collaborate and thrive at work. And most importantly, we care about each other as multifaceted, whole humans. Join us as we reimagine what’s possible and work with purpose to make a difference in the world.

This is the place where doing the right thing matters.

Doing the right thing is the compass that guides every decision we make—and we’re proud to be globally recognized and awarded for our continuous corporate responsibility efforts. Clorox is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. The Clorox Company and its Foundation prioritize giving back to the communities we call home and contribute millions annually in combined cash grants, product donations, and cause-marketing. For more information, visit TheCloroxCompany.com and follow us on social media at @CloroxCo.

Our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.

We seek out and celebrate diverse backgrounds and experiences. We’re always looking for fresh perspectives, a desire to bring your best, and a nonstop drive to keep growing and learning. Learn more about our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Allyship (IDEA) journey here (https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/company/idea/) .

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