AI Security Architect

WIRE IT; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

22 days paid vacation

4 extra days annually

Meal Allowance on Coverflex

Referral Bonus

Special discounts and flex options

Training annual budget

Team-oriented culture

Opportunity to join growing intl. firm

Challenging projects

Job summary

Wire IT in Lisbon seeks an AI Security Architect to join its hybrid team. You will design and validate security controls for GenAI/LLM solutions, review architectures, and drive risk-based security decisions across product and cloud environments.

The role is full-time, no-term contract, and offers health insurance, generous vacation, meal allowance on Coverflex, referral bonuses, and training budgets within a dynamic, international company.

Qualifications

• Background in cybersecurity, ideally application security, product security, cloud security, or security architecture.
• Understanding of GenAI / LLM-based solutions from a security and risk perspective.
• Experience with security reviews, architecture reviews, threat modelling, and defining technical controls.
• Experience with IAM, API security, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and control validation.
• Knowledge of data protection, privacy, data minimization, and secure handling of sensitive or regulated data.
• Ability to challenge technical implementations and validate that controls are effectively applied.
• Familiar with OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications / Agentic AI

Skills

Cybersecurity

Application security

Cloud security

Security architecture

Threat modelling

IAM

API security

Secrets management

Logging & monitoring

Data protection

Data minimization

Secure data handling

DevSecOps

MLOps

LLM security

Job description

Based in Portugal, Wire IT is your specialized IT consulting partner with 18 years of experience driven by an experienced and senior team that helps clients make the right decisions in a fast-moving market.

Wire IT's ambition is to grow while keeping true to its nature: agile, people-centered, and fun. As we like to say: Its not only what we do, its how we manage that truly make the difference..

If you're looking for more than just a job - if you're looking for a place where you can truly make a difference - you might be the next person to join WIRE IT.

Role: AI Security Architect

Location: Hybrid, Lisbon, Portugal

Required skills:

• Background in cybersecurity, ideally application security, product security, cloud security, or security architecture
• Understanding of GenAI / LLM-based solutions from a security and risk perspective
• Experience with security reviews, architecture reviews, threat modelling, and defining technical controls
• Experience with IAM, API security, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and control validation
• Knowledge of data protection, privacy, data minimization, and secure handling of sensitive or regulated data
• Ability to challenge technical implementations and validate that controls are effectively applied
• Familiar withOWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications / Agentic AI
• Exposure to DevSecOps and/or MLOps as a collaboration context

We offer:

• No-term full-time contract;
• Health Insurance;
• 22 days of paid vacation;
• 4 extra days annually (Carnival, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, Birthday);
• Meal Allowance on card (Coverflex);
• Referral Bonus;
• Special discounts and flex options;
• Training annual budget;
• A great team-oriented culture;
• Chance to become a part of a dynamically growing international company;
• Challenging projects giving the unique opportunity to grow and learn.

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