Senior AI Security Architect — Enterprise AI Security

Northern Trust Corp; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 131,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust Corp in Tempe, AZ is seeking a Principal AI Security Architect to define and operationalize security architecture for enterprise AI platforms, agentic systems, and digital coworkers.

This hands-on role requires creating architecture artifacts, diagrams, reference architectures, security requirements, and reusable guidance while partnering with engineering, data, and risk teams to enable secure AI adoption at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in security or enterprise architecture roles.
• Experience designing complex enterprise technology solutions and cloud security.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead security architect for AI, cloud, SaaS, and emerging tech initiatives.
• Review and challenge solution designs to identify security requirements and architectural risks.
• Develop security architecture deliverables including diagrams, reference architectures, and security patterns.
• Conduct threat modeling and security design reviews for AI systems and supporting platforms.

Skills

Identity and access management

Authentication and authorization

Cloud security

Application security

Network security

API security

Data protection

Logging and monitoring

Secrets management

Tools

Azure

Job description

Northern Trust Corp in Tempe, AZ is seeking a Principal AI Security Architect to define and operationalize security architecture for enterprise AI platforms, agentic systems, and digital coworkers.

This hands-on role requires creating architecture artifacts, diagrams, reference architectures, security requirements, and reusable guidance while partnering with engineering, data, and risk teams to enable secure AI adoption at scale.