Senior AI Security Architect: Secure AI at Scale

Edward Jones; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Edward Jones is seeking a Senior AI Security Technical Architect to lead enterprise AI security strategy, aligning business goals with risk management, architecture, and security controls.

The role requires deep expertise in AI/ML security, secure-by-design patterns, and governance across multiple AI usage models, including third-party and in-house platforms. Collaboration with stakeholders across the firm is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of cybersecurity engineering or architecture within a complex enterprise environment.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience securing or reviewing AI/ML systems and platforms.
• Strong understanding of LLM architectures, embeddings, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns.
• End-to-end ML pipelines (training → validation → deployment → inference).
• AI model supply chain risks (model registries, containers, dependencies, open-source components).
• Zero Trust and identity-centric security models.
• Cloud security across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Proven ability to influence architecture decisions and lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage senior technical and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the enterprise AI security architecture and strategy, aligning business goals, technology platforms, and risk management practices.
• Assist in defining secure-by-design patterns and standards for AI/ML systems
• Establish and maintain AI-specific security artifacts
• Ensure consistent adoption of NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, CIS, ISO 27001 across AI initiatives.
• Establish architectural governance and enforce adherence to AI security standards across product teams and platforms.
• Influence AI design decisions early in the lifecycle to reduce downstream risk and rework.
• Partner with enterprise stakeholders to balance speed of innovation with risk tolerance and regulatory expectations.
• Evaluate AI frameworks, agents, vector databases, and third-party AI platforms for security posture and enterprise readiness.
• Recommend and rationalize AI security tooling as part of the broader enterprise security strategy.
• Monitor emerging AI threats, regulatory guidance, and industry best practices to inform security strategy and standards.

Skills

12+ years cybersecurity engineering

4+ years AI/ML security

LLM architectures & RAG

End-to-end ML pipelines

AI model supply chain risks

Zero Trust security models

Cloud security (Azure AWS GCP)

Influence architecture decisions

Communication with senior leaders

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

NIST AI RMF

MITRE ATLAS

CIS

ISO 27001

Job description

Edward Jones is seeking a Senior AI Security Technical Architect to lead enterprise AI security strategy, aligning business goals with risk management, architecture, and security controls.

The role requires deep expertise in AI/ML security, secure-by-design patterns, and governance across multiple AI usage models, including third-party and in-house platforms. Collaboration with stakeholders across the firm is essential.