AI-Driven Cloud Security Engineer

Cetera Financial Group Inc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cetera Financial Group Inc. is seeking a skilled security engineer with a strong cloud and application security background to lead secure AI-enabled systems within a regulated financial environment. You will collaborate across IT Risk, Cloud Security, and Engineering to design and govern AI-driven workloads.

You will identify risks in AI/ML deployments, implement guardrails, and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines while supporting audits and regulatory activities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud security, application security, or a combination of both.
• Hands-on experience securing cloud-native infrastructure and applications.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of AI/ML concepts and the ability to apply security principles to AI-enabled systems.
• Familiarity with OWASP (including Top 10 for LLMs) and NIST frameworks (including AI RMF).
• Experience in regulated environments (financial services or FINRA preferred).
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and mitigate security risks associated with AI/ML systems
• Implement controls aligned to OWASP Top 10 for LLMs and NIST AI RMF
• Perform threat modeling for AI-enabled applications
• Propose and validate technical guardrails to prevent unauthorized AI actions and support secure AI development
• Identify and assess risk from unsanctioned AI tool usage across the enterprise
• Evaluate third-party AI tools for risk and compliance
• Design and secure cloud-based AI workloads
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines
• Partner with IT Risk, Cloud Security, and Engineering teams
• Support incident response for AI and cloud-related threats
• Develop security standards, runbooks, and architecture documentation
• Support audits and regulatory compliance activities

Skills

Cloud security

Application security

DevSecOps

AI/ML security

OWASP Top 10

NIST AI RMF

Regulated environment

Communication

Tools

AWS Bedrock

SAST/DAST tools

Job description

Cetera Financial Group Inc. is seeking a skilled security engineer with a strong cloud and application security background to lead secure AI-enabled systems within a regulated financial environment. You will collaborate across IT Risk, Cloud Security, and Engineering to design and govern AI-driven workloads.

You will identify risks in AI/ML deployments, implement guardrails, and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines while supporting audits and regulatory activities.