Strategic AI Security Architect for Enterprise

itron; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Itron seeks a Principal, AI Security Architecture & Engineering to serve as the senior technical authority for AI security. This hands‑on leader will define the security architecture, governance controls, engineering standards, and operational practices enabling safe, scalable AI adoption across the enterprise and product portfolio.

The role requires deep cybersecurity expertise with practical AI security experience, partnering with teams across Legal, Privacy, Engineering, Cloud Operations, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years in cybersecurity, security architecture, cloud security, IAM, application security or related field.
• 2+ years with AI-enabled systems, ML environments, automation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead enterprise AI security strategy, architecture, policies and roadmaps.
• Design and implement security controls across AI lifecycles and agent ecosystems.
• Establish scalable guardrails for generative AI platforms, APIs, plugins and automation.
• Develop governance around privacy, data protection, explainability and ethics in AI use.
• Lead AI-focused threat modeling, testing, reviews and risk assessments.
• Embed secure‑by‑design principles into AI development, deployment and operations.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security architecture

Cloud security

Identity & access management

Application security

Product security

AI/ML security

Job description

Itron seeks a Principal, AI Security Architecture & Engineering to serve as the senior technical authority for AI security. This hands‑on leader will define the security architecture, governance controls, engineering standards, and operational practices enabling safe, scalable AI adoption across the enterprise and product portfolio.

The role requires deep cybersecurity expertise with practical AI security experience, partnering with teams across Legal, Privacy, Engineering, Cloud Operations, and