Remote Principal AI Security Architect

UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group); Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 163,900 - 235,550; Full time

Job summary

UKG seeks a Principal AI Security Architect to lead secure AI adoption across application, platform, and product engineering teams. You will define secure patterns, review AI-enabled systems, and drive risk reduction with scalable processes.

You will mentor engineers, stay current on AI security research, and partner with governance, legal, and compliance to align with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, ML, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• 12+ years of software engineering or security architecture experience with 4+ years in machine learning/AI.
• Strong hands-on development with Python and Java; ability to prototype and operationalize.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership for secure AI adoption across teams.
• Research AI models, architectures, and security issues to identify risks and mitigations.
• Develop reusable AI security patterns, checklists, and reference designs.
• Lead threat modeling and security reviews for AI-enabled features.

Skills

AI security

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Secure SDLC

Python

Java

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/ML/Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

UKG seeks a Principal AI Security Architect to lead secure AI adoption across application, platform, and product engineering teams. You will define secure patterns, review AI-enabled systems, and drive risk reduction with scalable processes.

You will mentor engineers, stay current on AI security research, and partner with governance, legal, and compliance to align with business goals.