Senior AI Security Architect — GenAI & Cloud Security

State Street; Berwyn (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with match

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Employee Assistance Program

Incentive compensation

Job summary

State Street is seeking an AI Security Architect in Berwyn, PA to design, implement, and review security controls for AI and GenAI solutions across our technology environment. You will partner with engineering, product security, and platform teams to ensure secure AI capabilities aligned with regulatory requirements.

This hands-on role requires strong foundations in application, cloud, or product security and a drive to deepen expertise in AI security architecture, risk management, and secure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in application security, product security, cloud security, or security engineering roles.
• Experience securing cloud-native applications or platforms in an enterprise environment.
• Exposure to AI/ML or data-driven systems, including model usage, APIs, or analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with secure software development practices and DevSecOps concepts.
• Experience working in or with regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to secure architecture patterns for AI/ML and Generative AI systems, including data pipelines, model access, and AI-enabled applications.
• Help develop and document AI security standards, reference architectures, and guardrails.
• Participate in architecture/design reviews for AI initiatives, providing security guidance under senior architect direction.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure security requirements are considered early in design.
• Perform AI-focused threat modeling for AI services, models, and data flows.
• Identify security risks such as data leakage, prompt injection, insecure model access, OSS vulnerabilities, and misuse scenarios.
• Recommend mitigations and compensating controls with senior architects and security partners.
• Support integration of AI security controls into SDLC and DevSecOps workflows.
• Assist in defining security requirements and validation checks for AI pipelines and platforms.
• Develop repeatable patterns and templates to help teams adopt AI securely with less friction.
• Assist with security reviews for emerging AI capabilities, GenAI tools, and developer productivity use cases.
• Stay informed on AI security trends, tooling, and risk patterns through research and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute ideas to improve AI security practices across the organization.
• Ensure AI security designs align with internal policies and external standards (NIST, ISO, FFIEC).
• Support audit, risk, and compliance efforts by documenting architecture decisions and controls.

Skills

Application security

Cloud security

Security engineering

DevSecOps

Communication

Regulated environments

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Info Security/Engineering

Security or cloud certifications a plus

Job description

State Street is seeking an AI Security Architect in Berwyn, PA to design, implement, and review security controls for AI and GenAI solutions across our technology environment. You will partner with engineering, product security, and platform teams to ensure secure AI capabilities aligned with regulatory requirements.

This hands-on role requires strong foundations in application, cloud, or product security and a drive to deepen expertise in AI security architecture, risk management, and secure