Cybersecurity Architect Principal, AI Guardrail

FIS INC (OLD FIS); Jacksonville (FL); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

FIS INC (OLD FIS) is seeking a Principal Architect for the Enterprise Security Architecture team to guide secure AI agent design and risk reviews. You’ll evaluate security compliance for agents in products and corporate usage, collaborating with security engineering, product and risk teams to balance innovation with client protection.

You will lead secure-by-design standards, mentor engineers, and stay ahead of emerging AI threats while aligning with NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, and

Qualifications

• Deep security architecture experience.
• 10+ years in cybersecurity, senior/principal architect roles in large orgs.
• Hands-on securing AI/LLM systems.
• Knowledge of AI risk, prompt injection, data leakage and guardrails.

Responsibilities

• Design secure architectures and reference patterns for enterprise infrastructure and AI-enabled products.
• Lead threat modeling and security design reviews for AI features.
• Review agent authentication, data access, authorization, and logging controls.
• Create secure-by-design security standards and reusable controls for engineering teams.
• Mentor architects and engineers across the Cybersecurity org and stay ahead of AI threats.

Skills

Security architecture

AI/LLM security

Threat modeling

Identity and data protection

Communication

Education

Industry certs (CISSP/CCSP/SABSA)

Tools

LangChain

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

ISO/IEC 42001

Job description

Job Description

About FIS

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the team

Our Enterprise Security Architecture team is a group of detail-oriented specialists who help FIS grow safely and confidently. We work closely with our security and technology peers to review enterprise infrastructure, products, and solutions before they’re introduced across the business. Every review focuses on secure design, making sure each proposal meets FIS security policies and aligns with industry best practices. By combining deep technical knowledge with practical, collaborative guidance, we help teams find the right balance between innovation and risk. Together, we play a key role in protecting our clients, our data, and the trust that sits at the heart of everything we do.

What you will be doing

As a Principal Architect within the Enterprise Security Architecture team, you’ll focus on how FIS builds and uses AI agents safely. You’ll review the security compliance for agents built into our products and the corporate agents our colleagues use every day. Working closely with security engineering, technology, product and risk teams, you’ll make sure innovation moves quickly without putting our clients, data, or reputation at risk.

• Design secure architectures and reference patterns for enterprise infrastructure, products, and solutions which incorporate AI agents.
• Lead threat modeling and security design reviews for AI features, identifying risks and recommending practical fixes before launch.
• Review how agents authenticate, what data and tools they can access, and how their actions are approved, monitored, and logged.
• Create secure-by-design security standards and reusable controls that engineering teams can easily adopt.
• Stay ahead of emerging AI threats and industry frameworks, and mentor architects and engineers across the Cybersecurity organization.

What you bring

• Deep security architecture experience.
• You have 10+ years in cybersecurity, including several years as a senior or principal architect designing secure systems for large, complex organizations and hold Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, or a cloud security architecture certification.
• Hands‑on expertise securing AI and LLM systems.
• You understand the risks that come with AI agents, such as prompt injection, data leakage, excessive permissions, and unsafe tool use, and you know how to design guardrails against them.
• Strong grasp of identity, access, and data protection for autonomous agents.
• You can design how enterprise product agents and personal agents authenticate, what they’re allowed to access, how actions are authorized and logged, and how sensitive data stays protected.
• Working knowledge of agent frameworks and protocols.
• You’re familiar with Model Context Protocol (MCP), LangChain, or similar orchestration tools, and understand how agents connect to data sources and tools securely.
• Ability to turn security principles into practical design patterns.
• You create reference architectures and secure‑by‑design standards that engineering and product teams can actually adopt, aligned with frameworks like NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, and ISO/IEC 42001.
• Influence and clear communication.
• You can explain AI risk, guide engineering through technical trade‑offs, and build consensus across security, product, and technology teams in a regulated financial services environment.
• Bonus if you have Experience designing secure cloud infrastructure in AWS or Azure, including cloud authentication and identity federation, least‑privilege access, network segmentation, secrets management, and data protection.
• Background in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of emerging AI regulations and governance requirements, such as the EU AI Act, and experience working on

What we offer you

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities.
• A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team.
• A competitive salary and benefits.
• A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect.

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test.

ADA Disclaimer

In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case‑case basis.

Sourcing Model

Sourcing Model Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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