Principal AI Security Engineer: GenAI Data Protection

Citizens Bank; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Citizens Bank seeks a Principal Security Engineer to lead AI Security and GenAI data protection, owning the AI Gateway platform and enabling enterprise-wide policy, monitoring, and remediation. The role partners across Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Technology, Risk, Privacy, Legal, and lines of business to reduce data loss risk while enabling responsible AI adoption.

Work arrangement is hybrid with multiple US hubs including Boston, MA, and other major cities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of progressive cybersecurity/InfoSec experience.
• 2+ years in Data Protection, SSE, SASE, CASB, DLP, or GenAI security.
• Direct AI Gateway experience preferred.
• Strong ability to translate technical risk into business guidance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end AI Gateway capability from evaluation to deployment and operations.
• Develop phased rollout using risk metrics to set baselines and controls.
• Engineer controls for GenAI prompts, file uploads, and browser traffic.
• Implement inline remediation: redaction, quarantine, coaching, blocking.
• Define governance standards, policy lifecycles, and escalation paths.

Skills

AI Security

GenAI Security

Security Governance

SIEM/SOAR

Identity Management

Policy Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Citizens Bank seeks a Principal Security Engineer to lead AI Security and GenAI data protection, owning the AI Gateway platform and enabling enterprise-wide policy, monitoring, and remediation. The role partners across Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Technology, Risk, Privacy, Legal, and lines of business to reduce data loss risk while enabling responsible AI adoption.

Work arrangement is hybrid with multiple US hubs including Boston, MA, and other major cities.