Azure Cloud & Security Engineer for AI Platform

Dayforce; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultimus is seeking a Cloud / Security Engineer to ensure our AI platform is secure, compliant and well run in Azure, with the right identity, access, data protection and guardrails for the AI applications, models and agents that work with sensitive client data.

You will join the AI Infrastructure team to design, operate and secure the cloud environment, implement guardrails with Compliance and Risk teams, monitor threats, and support audits and client due diligence as we scale AI across the firm.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate the Azure cloud environment for the AI platform: subscriptions, networking, private endpoints and landing zones.
• Implement identity and access for people, applications and AI agents, including agent identities, least-privilege permissions and on-behalf-of access to source systems.
• Build security controls into the platform: secrets management, encryption, data loss prevention, sensitive-data handling and an agent kill-switch.
• Implement AI guardrails and policy enforcement in partnership with Compliance, Risk and Information Security.
• Monitor for threats and misconfigurations, respond to security events and support audits and client due diligence.
• Manage cloud cost and capacity for AI workloads.

Job description

Ultimus is seeking a Cloud / Security Engineer to ensure our AI platform is secure, compliant and well run in Azure, with the right identity, access, data protection and guardrails for the AI applications, models and agents that work with sensitive client data.

You will join the AI Infrastructure team to design, operate and secure the cloud environment, implement guardrails with Compliance and Risk teams, monitor threats, and support audits and client due diligence as we scale AI across the firm.