#EG AI Security Specialist

Ncs3; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ncs3 is seeking an AI Security Specialist to build, productise, and deploy secure AI-powered products for regulated sectors in Singapore and Asia Pacific. You will translate business challenges into threat-resilient solutions with guardrails and runtime security controls.

Join a team that balances rapid experimentation with strong engineering discipline, focusing on defending workloads while enabling scalable AI delivery.

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages.
• 2+ years in an active cybersecurity environment with live threats.
• Understanding of modern AI tooling, LLM patterns, and guardrails.
• Pragmatic problem solving with risk awareness.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and make trade-offs between speed and security.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder communication skills.
• Familiarity with AI-specific security risks (prompt injection, data leakage, evasion).
• Knowledge of AI governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, IMDA Model AI Governance).

Responsibilities

• Translate client problems into MVP AI security solutions with guardrails and runtime controls.
• Develop reusable security patterns and playbooks for regional deployment.
• Advise clients on AI security investment priorities and threat mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to balance security, speed, and maintainability.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cybersecurity

AI Tooling

Guardrails

Risk Assessment

Stakeholder Communication

AI Security Risks

AI Governance

Job description

As an AI Security Specialist in AI Central, you will build, productise, and deploy secure AI-powered products, MVPs, and guardrail mechanisms for regulated sectors. Working in live client contexts, you will turn business challenges and security requirements into threat-resilient solutions that can be tested, adopted, and scaled across Singapore and Asia Pacific.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

AI Product & Security Engineering

Translate client problem statements and security requirements into working prototypes, MVPs, and deployable AI solutions. Build, test, and ship AI-enabled solutions with defensive guardrails and runtime security controls using software engineering, model orchestration, and modern cybersecurity tech. Apply modern AI tooling while engineering safeguards against vulnerabilities such as prompt injection, data leakage, and evasion. Drive fast experiments to validate feasibility, business value, and defensive robustness.

Threat Defense & "Defending the House"

Bring seasoned practitioner's instincts to anticipating vulnerabilities in generative AI and automated systems. Draw on hands‑on experience handling live environments to solve real‑world cybersecurity problems pragmatically. Balance rapid experimentation with strong engineering discipline, building usable security that protects workloads without bottlenecking delivery.

Client Advisory & Stakeholder Engagement

Work directly with client teams to shape secure AI-enabled products. Assist with secure cyber‑organisation practices, embedding security by design. Demonstrate appreciation of risk, helping stakeholders navigate decisions and prioritize security outcomes. Advise client technology and business leaders on AI security investment priorities, architecture decisions, and threat mitigation strategies.

Reusable Assets & Scaling

Build and maintain reusable security patterns, playbooks, and guardrail configurations. Document secure implementation patterns for regional deployment. Support technical onboarding and capability development of engineers, sharing emerging AI security practices across AI Central.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD:

Be energised by ambiguity and create clarity through action. You combine product instinct, engineering depth, cybersecurity expertise, and strong judgement. You work well with senior stakeholders and challenge assumptions constructively. You use AI fluently as a practical multiplier across design, code, research and delivery. You care about shipping real, secure solutions that solve meaningful problems. You move quickly, but you also know where quality, trust, security, and maintainability matter most. You have instincts for "defending the house" paired with appreciation of risk.

• Strong hands‑on engineering ability in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages
• Frontline Cyber Experience: 2+ years in an active cybersecurity environment exposed to live threats
• Applied AI & Tooling Knowledge: Understanding of modern AI tooling, LLM patterns, orchestration, and how to implement effective guardrails
• Pragmatic Problem Solving: Instincts for "defending the house" with appreciation of risk
• Delivery Judgment: Ability to navigate ambiguity and make sound trade-offs across speed, security, scalability, and maintainability
• Collaborative Communication: Confidence to discuss security priorities with stakeholders
• Understanding of AI-specific security risks including prompt injection, data leakage, evasion, model poisoning, and adversarial attacks
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, IMDA Model AI Governance, and AI Verify

Good to have

• Experience deploying AI solutions in enterprise or regulated environments (aviation, transport, public safety, telecommunications, government).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, APIs, CI/CD, analytics, and observability.
• Practical exposure to red‑teaming models, prompt defense, or ML-based detection tools.
• Experience in consulting, venture building, or fast‑paced innovation teams.

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs-Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity-and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.

Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.