Executive AI Security Architect — Enterprise Guardrails

Northern Trust; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 156,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is building an AI Security organization and seeks a Senior Principal AI Security Architect to define security architecture strategy, reference architectures, and governance patterns for enterprise AI platforms and agentic systems.

This hands‑on leadership role combines strategic influence with practical execution, guiding architecture reviews, creating reusable patterns, and mentoring architects while partnering with Cyber Security, Enterprise Architecture, Engineering and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in security architecture, enterprise architecture, cloud architecture, software engineering, or related disciplines.
• Extensive experience defining enterprise technology strategies and architecture standards.
• Deep expertise in: Identity and access management Enterprise security architecture Cloud security Application security API security Data protection DevSecOps Security monitoring and observability.
• Experience leading architecture design for large-scale enterprise platforms or transformation programs.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the enterprise AI security architecture strategy.
• Establish architectural principles, guardrails, and standards for AI and emerging technologies.
• Partner with Cyber and Technology leadership to align AI adoption with security, regulatory, operational, and business objectives.
• Identify strategic architectural risks, capability gaps, and future-state requirements.
• Drive long-term architecture roadmaps supporting enterprise AI adoption.
• Lead architecture reviews for AI platforms, AI agents, cloud-native services, data integrations, and emerging technologies.
• Guide technical decision-making and mentor architects across Cyber Security and Technology.

Skills

Security architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud security

Identity & access management

API security

DevSecOps

Data protection

Security monitoring

Observability

Job description

Northern Trust is building an AI Security organization and seeks a Senior Principal AI Security Architect to define security architecture strategy, reference architectures, and governance patterns for enterprise AI platforms and agentic systems.

This hands‑on leadership role combines strategic influence with practical execution, guiding architecture reviews, creating reusable patterns, and mentoring architects while partnering with Cyber Security, Enterprise Architecture, Engineering and