Job Description
Our Financial Services client is seeking an experienced IT Security Architect with strong, hands-on experience in AI security.
The role focuses on embedding security-by-design across AI-enabled and enterprise systems, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and enterprise security standards.
AI security experience is essential - candidates without it will not be considered.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and implement security controls across enterprise and AI-driven solutions
* Apply SABSA framework to align business requirements with risk-driven security architecture
* Define and secure the AI/ML life cycle (data, model, deployment, monitoring)
* Identify and mitigate risks including:
o Data leakage
o Prompt injection
o Model abuse/adversarial threats
* Conduct security architecture reviews and provide design-time assurance
* Support delivery teams to ensure secure implementation of solutions
Required Experience
* Proven Security Architect experience in Financial Services/regulated environments
* Strong experience applying SABSA (or equivalent)
* Mandatory: Hands-on experience securing AI/ML systems or AI-enabled platforms
* Strong knowledge of:
o Cloud (Azure/AWS)
o Identity & access management
o Risk and control frameworks
AI Security (Essential)
Candidates must demonstrate:
* Practical experience securing AI/ML or LLM-based systems
* Understanding of:
o AI threat landscape (prompt injection, data leakage, model attacks)
o Secure AI life cycle and control design
Profile
* Commercially pragmatic, risk-aware
* Strong stakeholder engagement
* Able to translate business risk into security architecture (SABSA-aligned)