Senior AI Security Architect: Safeguard Autonomous AI

Sciente International Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Sciente International Pte Ltd seeks a Senior AI Security Consultant to architect and safeguard autonomous AI systems, ensuring secure, auditable, privacy-preserving operations across multi-agency platforms. Lead security design for AI workflows, perform threat modeling, implement audit trails, and ensure reproducibility and explainability for audits and compliance reviews.

Requires 6–10 years in cybersecurity with 2–3 years in AI/ML or LLM security, cloud-native security experience, and

Qualifications

• 6-10 years in Cybersecurity with 2-3 years in AI/ML or LLM security.
• Hands-on experience securing cloud-native architectures (serverless, APIs, databases).
• Strong expertise in agentic AI systems and API-driven automation security.
• Deep understanding of LLM risks (prompt injection, data leakage, RAG security).
• Experience with threat modeling and secure system design for AI workflows.
• Proficiency in identity, access control, and policy-based authorization (e.g., ABAC).
• Knowledge of audit logging, traceability, and reproducibility in AI systems.
• Familiarity with data governance and privacy controls for sensitive data environments.
• Understanding of Singapore public sector standards (IM8, Model AI Governance Framework).
• Experience with security testing, vulnerability assessment, and adversarial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture design for autonomous AI systems, defining guardrails to prevent unauthorized actions.
• Conduct threat modeling to identify risks such as prompt injection, misuse of AI agents, and data access violations.
• Design and enforce human-in-the-loop controls for high-risk AI decisions.
• Implement end-to-end audit trails capturing AI decisions, data usage, and model versions for traceability.
• Ensure reproducibility and explainability of AI outputs for audits and compliance reviews.
• Enforce strict data governance and least-privilege access across integrated multi-agency data sources.
• Perform proactive security testing, vulnerability assessments, and adversarial simulations on AI workflows.
• Implement advanced privacy controls to protect sensitive business and government data.
• Collaborate with AI engineers and product teams in an agile discovery environment to balance speed and security.
• Translate complex AI security risks into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

AI/ML security

Cloud-native security

Agentic AI security

LLM risk knowledge

Threat modeling

Identity & access control

Audit logging & traceability

Data governance & privacy

Public sector standards

Job description

Sciente International Pte Ltd seeks a Senior AI Security Consultant to architect and safeguard autonomous AI systems, ensuring secure, auditable, privacy-preserving operations across multi-agency platforms. Lead security design for AI workflows, perform threat modeling, implement audit trails, and ensure reproducibility and explainability for audits and compliance reviews.

Requires 6–10 years in cybersecurity with 2–3 years in AI/ML or LLM security, cloud-native security experience, and