AI Security Architect

Irium Portugal; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 57 000 - 61 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Professional development

Flexible compensation

Medical insurance

Training access

Resumo da oferta

IRIUM is seeking an experienced AI Security Architect to support and secure AI and Generative AI initiatives, ensuring that AI solutions are designed, implemented, and operated according to cybersecurity best practices.

This is a cybersecurity role focused on AI/GenAI governance, security validation, and architectural reviews, rather than AI model development or data engineering, with Portugal as the hybrid work location.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, Application Security, Product Security, Cloud Security, or Security Architecture.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI / LLM-based solutions from a security and risk perspective.
• Experience supporting AI/GenAI use cases from design through production.
• Experience performing architecture reviews, security reviews, and threat modelling.
• Ability to define security requirements for AI platforms, APIs, agents, tool usage, and integrations.
• Experience with IAM, API Security, Secrets Management, Logging, Monitoring, and Security Control Validation.
• Strong knowledge of data protection, privacy, data minimization, and secure handling of sensitive or regulated data.
• Experience identifying and mitigating AI-specific risks (Prompt Injection, data leakage, unsafe tool usage, excessive agent autonomy).
• Experience defining AI guardrails and secure-by-design architectures.
• Ability to validate security controls, auditability, logging, and monitoring requirements.
• Strong communication skills with Security, Engineering, Product, and Data teams.
• English C1 or above

Responsabilidades

• Support and secure AI/GenAI initiatives with governance and security validation.
• Contribute to architecture reviews and security reviews for AI platforms.
• Define security requirements for AI solutions and integrations.
• Identify and mitigate AI-specific risks and ensure proper guardrails.

Conhecimentos

Cybersecurity

Generative AI security

AI/GenAI reviews

Threat modelling

IAM

API Security

Secrets Management

Data protection

Security governance

Communication

Ferramentas

AWS/Azure

Databricks security

Descrição da oferta de emprego

At IRIUM we want you to always chase your dreams. Here, prepare yourself to conquer your goals, while enjoying the journey.

We are currently looking for: AI Security Architect

At IRIUM, we help organizations embrace innovation securely by connecting them with top technology talent.

We are looking for an experienced AI Security Architect to support and secure AI and Generative AI initiatives, ensuring that AI solutions are designed, implemented, and operated according to cybersecurity best practices. This is a cybersecurity role focused on AI/GenAI, supporting architecture, governance, and security validation rather than AI model development or data engineering.

Required Competencies

• 5+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, Application Security, Product Security, Cloud Security, or Security Architecture
• Strong understanding of Generative AI / LLM-based solutions from a security and risk perspective
• Experience supporting and reviewing AI/GenAI use cases from design through production
• Experience performing architecture reviews, security reviews, and threat modelling
• Ability to define security requirements for AI platforms, APIs, agents, tool usage, and integrations
• Experience with IAM, API Security, Secrets Management, Logging, Monitoring, and Security Control Validation
• Strong knowledge of data protection, privacy, data minimization, and secure handling of sensitive or regulated data
• Experience identifying and mitigating AI‑specific risks, including:
  • Prompt Injection and Jailbreak attacks
  • Sensitive information disclosure and data leakage
  • Unsafe tool usage and excessive agent autonomy
  • Abusive or unbounded AI consumption
  • Insecure integrations and poisoned inputs
• Experience defining AI guardrails and secure‑by‑design architectures
• Ability to validate security controls, auditability, logging, and monitoring requirements
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with Security, Engineering, Product, and Data teams
• English C1 or above

Preferred Competencies

• Experience with AWS and/or Azure environments
• Experience with AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, or similar GenAI platforms
• Knowledge of AI Guardrails, IAM, Least Privilege, Observability, Auditability, and Data Protection
• Experience reviewing Databricks environments from a security perspective
• Familiarity with:
  • OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications / Agentic AI
  • Secure AI Framework (SAIF)
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Agent-to-Agent (A2A) architectures
  • MCP-38 and emerging AI security risk taxonomies
• Exposure to DevSecOps and/or MLOps environments

Location

Portugal - Hybrid

Salary Range

5.143€-5.429€

What do we offer?

• An innovative and growing company, with a lot of opportunities for professional development.
• Retribution according to your experience and performance. Access to flexible pay and medical insurance as a social benefit.
• Unlimited access to technological training in free mode.
• IRIUM is a company with dynamic and proactive professionals. Our values are responsibility and commitment to work quality. This is the spirit we are looking for at IRIUM, whatever your age is. If you recognize yourself in this, this is your company!

At IRIUM we defend a world without stereotypes or limitations and we believe in equality for all, principles that we subscribe to in our Equality Plan and Code of Ethics, guaranteeing equal treatment and opportunities regardless of any personal, physical or social condition.