Senior AI Security Architect for Well-Architected AI Workloads

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Solutions Architect to own the strategic vision for AI security architectural guidance across AI workloads on AWS.

You will lead security-focused architectural decisions, align with Well-Architected pillars, and influence product direction with customers and internal teams. You will partner with Bedrock, SageMaker, and Security services to translate patterns into prescriptive guidance, mentor architects, and publish reusable reference

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience in solutions architecture, security architecture, or a senior technical role with increasing scope and impact
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in cloud security, application security, or infrastructure security
• Deep understanding of the end-to-end ML lifecycle from a security perspective: secure data preparation, model integrity, supply chain security, deployment hardening, monitoring, and governance
• Demonstrated expertise in security domains: identity and access management, encryption, network security, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and compliance

Responsibilities

• Set Strategic Technical Direction for AI Security: Define and own the long-term vision and roadmap for AI/ML security architectural guidance aligned to the AWS Well-Architected Guidance pillars, with deep focus on the Security pillar.
• Provide guidance on security considerations for foundation models, RAG pipelines, fine-tuning, multi-agent orchestration, and responsible AI practices.
• Raise the Bar Across the Organization: Establish security standards, review mechanisms, and architectural guardrails that elevate the entire guidance portfolio.
• Influence Service Roadmaps: Partner with Stakeholders and Engineers across AWS service teams to represent the customer voice on AI security and influence product direction.
• Executive Customer Engagement: Engage directly with strategic enterprise customers to validate security guidance through real-world implementations.
• Drive Innovation in Content Delivery: Own the strategy for automation tooling and pipelines that accelerate the creation, review, and publication of AI security guidance at scale.
• External Thought Leadership: Publish whitepapers and present at AWS events to establish AWS as a leading authority on securing Well-Architected AI workloads.
• Mentorship & Organizational Impact: Mentor senior architects on AI security best practices and contribute to hiring and workforce planning.
• Mechanisms & Operational Excellence: Design and implement repeatable mechanisms that ensure sustained quality and relevance at scale.
• Hands-On Technical Validation: Validate security architectural recommendations through prototyping, threat modeling exercises, and code samples.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

AI security

Threat modeling

Influence direction

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

Tools

AWS IAM

KMS

GuardDuty

Security Hub

Bedrock

SageMaker

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Solutions Architect to own the strategic vision for AI security architectural guidance across AI workloads on AWS.

You will lead security-focused architectural decisions, align with Well-Architected pillars, and influence product direction with customers and internal teams. You will partner with Bedrock, SageMaker, and Security services to translate patterns into prescriptive guidance, mentor architects, and publish reusable reference