Senior Al Security Technical Architect
Remote
Contract
Overview
Edward Jones is seeking a Senior Al Security Technical Architect to continue to build upon a defined enterprise Al security strategy, ensuring artificial intelligence and generative Al capabilities are designed, deployed, and operated in a secure, compliant, and responsible manner.
This role is responsible for aligning business objectives, technology strategy, and security architecture to enable Al innovation with clear guardrails. The Senior Al Security Technical Architect will establish standards, patterns, and governance across multiple Al usage models, including third-party SaaS Al solutions, internally developed Al/ML platforms, and emerging agentic and autonomous Al systems.
By grounding Al security practices in industry frameworks such as NIST Al Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) and MITRE ATLAS, this role ensures Al risks are proactively identified, communicated, and mitigated while supporting the firm's broader digital transformation, cloud adoption, and regulatory obligations,
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Recommend and rationalize Al security tooling as part of the broader enterprise security strategy.
Monitor emerging Al threats, regulatory guidance, and industry best practices to inform security strategy and standards.
What Experience You'll Need
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
8-12+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering or architecture within a complex enterprise environment.
2-4+ years of hands-on experience securing or reviewing Al/ML systems and platforms.
Strong understanding of:
LLM architectures, embeddings, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns
End-to-end ML pipelines (training validation deployment inference)
Al model supply chain asks (model restistries, containers, dependencies, open-source components)
Own and evolve the enterprise Al security architecture and strategy, aligning business goals, technology platforms, and risk management practices.
Assist in defining secure-by-design patterns and standards for Al/ML systems
Establish and maintain Al-specific security artifacts
Ensure consistent adoption of NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, CIS, ISO 27001 across Al initiatives.
Establish architectural governance and enforce adherence to Al security standards across product teams and platforms.
Influence Al design decisions earty in the lifecycle to reduce downstream risk and rework.
Partner with enterprise stakeholders to balance speed of innovation with risk tolerance and regulatory expectations.
Evaluate Al frameworks, agents, vector databases, and third-party Al platforms for security posture and enterprise readiness.