Senior AI Tooling & Security Architect

Citizens; Johnston (RI); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead AI Tooling & Security, shaping AI platform architecture, security, and governance across the enterprise. This hands-on technical leader will mentor engineers, align AI solutions with business objectives, and drive secure, scalable, and innovative AI capabilities at scale.

You will collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, data, and business teams to define standards, improve security controls, and accelerate responsible AI adoption

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, security engineering, or data engineering experience.
• Demonstrated success leading large scale engineering initiatives and influencing technical direction across multiple teams.
• Strong understanding of AI, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI architectures and implementation patterns.
• Experience developing secure, cloud based applications and services.
• Strong programming experience in Python and proficiency in at least one additional modern programming language.
• Experience working with large scale data platforms and analytical workloads.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of innovative software solutions, platforms, and tools that support enterprise AI initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to define scalable, secure, and maintainable technology solutions aligned with enterprise standards.
• Build modern, cloud native applications and reusable components that accelerate business outcomes and technology innovation.
• Incorporate scalability, reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability into distributed systems and platform designs.
• Champion engineering excellence through code quality, automation, testing, and continuous improvement practices.
• Serve as a senior technical leader and mentor, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Harden cloud platforms, containers, orchestration environments, and infrastructure supporting AI workloads.
• Evaluate security risks associated with third party AI platforms and services, ensuring appropriate governance and control frameworks.

Skills

AI security

Python

CI/CD

Cloud security

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

CircleCI

Job description

Citizens is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead AI Tooling & Security, shaping AI platform architecture, security, and governance across the enterprise. This hands-on technical leader will mentor engineers, align AI solutions with business objectives, and drive secure, scalable, and innovative AI capabilities at scale.

You will collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, data, and business teams to define standards, improve security controls, and accelerate responsible AI adoption