Senior AI & Cloud Security Architect

Banner Bank; Walla Walla (WA); Remote; USD 135,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401k with match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Banner Bank in Washington state seeks a Principal AI & Cloud Security Engineer to shape enterprise AI/cloud security strategy and governance. You will guide how AI-powered solutions and Azure cloud technologies are adopted securely across development, infrastructure, and security teams.

You will mentor engineers on secure AI adoption, cloud security best practices, and DevSecOps workflows, embedding governance into SDLC and IaC practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, cybersecurity, IT, engineering or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 8+ years in security engineering, secure SDLC, threat modeling, and Azure security for AI/ML in enterprise cloud.
• Experience in financial services or banking environments preferred.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, Azure Security Engineer, GIAC or similar preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the enterprise security strategy and architecture for AI-powered systems and Azure cloud environments, including identity, network security, data protection, and secure cloud and hybrid designs.
• Establish and govern security controls, guardrails, and runtime protections for agentic AI workflows and tools like Claude, GitHub Copilot, and custom AI agents.
• Lead threat modeling for AI systems and Azure workloads, identifying adversarial inputs, cloud vulnerabilities, autonomous agents, and new attack vectors.
• Evaluate AI-generated and cloud-integrated code for security, quality, correctness, and performance; define enterprise standards for secure code review practices.
• Architect and oversee security tooling and monitoring to harden AI agents and Azure resources at scale using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Monitor, and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Embed security governance into SDLC and Azure DevSecOps pipelines via Security Posture Management, Azure Policy, Key Vault, and IaC standards.
• Research emerging AI and cloud security threats, translating insights into enterprise security improvements.
• Mentor engineering teams on secure AI adoption, cloud security best practices, and enterprise security standards.

Skills

AI security

Azure cloud security

Threat modeling

Secure SDLC

Security architecture

Secure code review

DevSecOps

Programming languages

Financial services security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity/IT/Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Azure Defender

Azure Monitor

Microsoft Sentinel

Azure Policy

Key Vault / IaC tools (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)

Job description

Banner Bank in Washington state seeks a Principal AI & Cloud Security Engineer to shape enterprise AI/cloud security strategy and governance. You will guide how AI-powered solutions and Azure cloud technologies are adopted securely across development, infrastructure, and security teams.

You will mentor engineers on secure AI adoption, cloud security best practices, and DevSecOps workflows, embedding governance into SDLC and IaC practices across the organization.