Threat & Adversarial AI Expert
6 Months Contract + Extension
London based, 2 days per week in the office. Salary £500 to £600 per day inside IR35.
A pioneering financial institution is seeking an experienced Threat & Adversarial AI Expert to lead the organisation’s generative AI security strategy. You will act as the primary architect of safety for the firm’s generative AI ecosystem, ensuring agentic capabilities remain resilient against an evolving global threat landscape.
Key Responsibilities
* Advanced Threat Modelling: Lead structured sessions using STRIDE and OWASP LLM/Agentic frameworks to map out attack trees for complex, non‑deterministic systems.
* Adversarial Engineering: Translate emerging threats such as Prompt Injection, Sleeper Agents, and Denial‑of‑Wallet into rigorous test cases.
* AWS Bedrock Mastery: Oversee the secure model lifecycle, including the configuration of Guardrails, Knowledge Bases (RAG), and agentic tool‑use.
* Regulatory Stewardship: Map the firm’s safeguard catalogue against the specific demands of DORA, FCA Operational Resilience, and the EU AI Act.
* Collaborative Resilience: Run scenario‑based workshops to validate control effectiveness, ensuring innovation never outpaces the firm’s risk appetite.
Essential Skills & Qualifications
* Proven track record in UK financial services with deep knowledge of FCA compliance and DORA.
* Solid grasp of foundation models, RAG, and the risks of non‑deterministic agentic behaviour.
* Mastery of OWASP LLM Top 10 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
* Hands‑on experience securing AWS Bedrock and governing the full AI model lifecycle.
* Ability to translate AI‑red‑teaming outcomes into high‑impact insights for both engineers and executives.
You will have the opportunity to define the industry standard for secure AI, sitting at the forefront of the bank’s transition to agentic workflows. You will be provided with the scale and mandate to build a world‑class adversarial AI function from the ground up.
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