AI Security Architect: Secure GenAI & ML Systems

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

401(k) with match

Employee stock purchase plan

Health/vision/dental insurance

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect to design, implement, and govern secure AI systems across the enterprise, protecting AI/ML models, data pipelines, and GenAI applications from threats while enabling safe innovation.

You will partner with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to embed security into AI development, manage risk, and drive secure cloud deployments across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• 8+ years in cybersecurity architecture or engineering.
• Experience securing AI/ML systems or data platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud security (IAM, networks, containers, serverless) and API security.

Responsibilities

• Design secure architectures for AI/ML systems, including training, inference and deployment pipelines.
• Define security controls for LLMs, GenAI platforms and AI APIs.
• Embed security into MLOps pipelines (DevSecOps for AI).
• Lead security reviews and architecture boards; mentor AI security engineers.

Skills

AI/ML security

Threat modeling

Zero Trust

Data privacy

Cloud security

Secure MLOps

Agent AI security

Security engineering

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Cybersecurity

Tools

MLflow

Kubeflow

SageMaker

SIEM/XDR

Job description

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect to design, implement, and govern secure AI systems across the enterprise, protecting AI/ML models, data pipelines, and GenAI applications from threats while enabling safe innovation.

You will partner with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to embed security into AI development, manage risk, and drive secure cloud deployments across multiple platforms.