AI / Cloud Security Architect

Role Overview

AI / Cloud Security Architect is a hands-on architect responsible for designing and implementing secure architecture across AI platforms, cloud infrastructure, and modern software engineering environments. You will partner with engineering, cloud operations, platform, and data science teams to embed security into AI systems, cloud-native architectures, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevSecOps pipelines.

Responsibilities

Architecture & Security Strategy

• Define, maintain, and evolve enterprise security architecture for AI systems, cloud platforms, and modern applications
• Develop and document secure design patterns for microservices, APIs, containerized workloads, and serverless architectures
• Establish security standards and reference architectures for IaC and automated deployment pipelines

AI & Data Security

• Implement security controls for AI/ML and generative AI platforms
• Identify and mitigate risks including data leakage, model poisoning, prompt injection, and AI supply chain vulnerabilities
• Partner with data science/analytics teams on secure model training, deployment, and governance
• Help establish governance, monitoring, and controls for responsible, secure enterprise AI

Cloud Security & Secure Platforms

• Architect secure solutions across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Cover identity/access management, network segmentation, data protection, workload security, and monitoring
• Build and socialize security patterns for Kubernetes, containers, APIs, and distributed systems
• Collaborate with cloud/platform teams to ensure secure implementation of infrastructure and services

DevSecOps & Secure Software Development

• Integrate security throughout the CI/CD pipelines and the full SDLC
• Implement automated controls such as SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, container security, and runtime protections
• Provide guidance on secure coding, API security, and microservices security
• Promote shift-left and secure-by-design development practices

Risk Management, Leadership & Collaboration

• Conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments for new and existing systems
• Act as an SME during security incidents affecting cloud/application environments
• Mentor engineers/architects on secure architecture and engineering best practices
• Contribute to enterprise security standards, policies, and long-term technical direction