AI Data & Security Governance Engineer (MAD-BS-OR)

hitachi; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. in Hillsboro, OR, is seeking an AI Data & Security Governance Engineer to design and deploy governance-as-code, automated security controls, and data access infrastructure across distributed teams.

You will integrate model evaluation, security checks, and compliance into CI/CD pipelines while ensuring secure storage, LLM deployments, and application architectures. A strong background in security, data, and AI governance is required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Security, AI Engineering/Governance, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of five (5) years of software, data, or security engineering experience
• Minimum of five (5) years of programming in Python, SQL, Bash, Go, or similar languages
• Minimum of five (5) years of AI/ML Ops deploying and securing ML models in production
• Minimum of five (5) years of DevOps & Automation CI/CD pipelines and IaC tools
• Minimum of five (5) years of governance platforms (Collibra, Immuta, Privacera)
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, OWASP LLM Top 10

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy automated security controls within CI/CD pipelines
• Implement governance-as-code and data access infrastructure
• Build automated data masking, encryption, and anonymization in data pipelines
• Secure cloud storage, compute, and database configurations
• Monitor model performance, drift, and compliance in real-time
• Support data lineage and audit reporting for security audits
• Collaborate with HTA divisions to ensure secure LLM deployments

Skills

Python programming

SQL

Bash

Go

AI/ML Ops

DevOps

CI/CD

security governance

Education

Master's degree in Computer Security or related field

Tools

Collibra

Immuta

Privacera

HashiCorp Vault

Milvus / Pinecone / pgvector

Job description

Location

(HTA) NCP (Hillsboro, OR)

Job ID

R0144180

Date Posted

2026-09-16

Company Name

HITACHI HIGH-TECH AMERICA, INC.

Profession (Job Category)

IT, Telecom & Internet

Job Schedule

Full time

Remote

No

Job Description

POSITION: AI Data & Security Governance Engineer

DIVISION: Metrology and Analysis Systems Division (MAD)

COMPANY: Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. ("HTA")

LOCATION: Hillsboro, OR

TRAVEL: Up to 25% (domestically and internationally)

REMOTE WORK: Hybrid (+50% Onsite) - Onsite 60% / Remote 40%

EXPECTED PAY RANGE

$134,476 - $184,905 annually

This pay range is for the position's base pay only. This position may be eligible for other compensation including incentive pay and/or allowances. Candidates will receive additional information during the interview and selection process.

POSITION SUMMARY

As an AI Data & Security Governance Engineer (AIE) at HTA, you will build the technical guardrails that allow our distributed engineering and data science teams to innovate safely. Instead of just writing policies, the AIE will implement 'governance as code.' The AIE will design and deploy automated security controls, manage data access infrastructure, and integrate model evaluation and security checks directly into our CI/CD pipelines. The AIE will work closely with HTA divisions to ensure that our data storage, LLM deployments, and application architecture remain secure, compliant, and highly performant.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Data Security, Access & Infrastructure Security

• Automated Access Controls: Design, implement, and maintain granular Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and identity management across our cloud infrastructure and internal tools
• Data Protection Pipelines: Build automated data masking, anonymization, and encryption mechanisms into data ingestion and processing pipelines
• Infrastructure Security: Secure distributed storage solutions and ensure secure configurations across compute instances and databases
• Cloud IAM hardening, secret management (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager), and zero-trust data access patterns
• Secure vector database architecture (e.g., Milvus, Pinecone, pgvector) with tenant isolation and metadata-level filtering

AI/MLSecOps & Guardrail Implementation

• Generative AI Security: Engineer and deploy technical safeguards for large language models (e.g., Llama or similar architecture), including input/output filtering to prevent prompt injection and data leakage
• CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated security scanning, fairness/bias testing, and model performance evaluations directly into standard CI/CD deployment manuals
• Model Monitoring: Build telemetry and alerting systems to track model drift, anomalous API usage, and compliance adherence in real-time

Data Governance Infrastructure

• Metadata & Lineage: Develop automated processes to extract and catalog metadata, ensuring end-to-end data lineage is tracked programmatically
• Audit Automation: Build automated reporting scripts and dashboards to provide continuous visibility into data access logs and model compliance for security audits

Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION, LICENSES, and/or CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Master's degree in Computer Security, AI Engineering/Governance, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

EXPERIENCE and TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Technical Experience

• Minimum of five (5) years of software, data, or security engineering experience
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience of programming proficiency in Python, SQL, Bash, Go, or similar languages used in data and infrastructure engineering
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with AI/ML Ops deploying and securing machine learning models (including generative AI/LLMs) in production environments
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with DevOps & Automation CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows (e.g., monorepo architecture), and infrastructure-as-code tools
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Governance platforms such as Collibra, Immuta, Privacera etc.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with frameworks and audits such as NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, OWASP LLM Top 10

Domain Expertise

• Minimum of one (1) year of hands-on experience implementing AI guardrails and moderation pipelines (e.g., NeMo Guardrails, Llama Guard, Guardrails AI)
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in AI red teaming, adversarial robustness testing, and hallucination/bias monitoring
• Deep understanding of data security principles (encryption, IAM, secure network architecture)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and distributed storage architecture
• Knowledge of AI vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10 for LLMs) and mitigation strategies

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience working with distributed teams across multiple geographic regions
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (GDPR, CCPA) and translating them into technical requirement

25% travel (international and domestic)

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