Senior AI Architect, Application Security

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, construct, scale, and enhance the agentic delivery platform, which supports architecture reviews, threat modeling, program reviews, code assessments, and penetration testing.

• Create and sustain agent workflows, retrieval and context strategies, tool and data-source integrations, MCP servers, and evaluation harnesses.

• Conduct threat modeling for agent architectures and implement least-privilege tool scopes, autonomy boundaries, client-data protection, model/provider governance, and AI security measures.

• Set engineering standards and guardrails that include human-in-the-loop review gates, output validation, version control for prompts and agents, change management, telemetry, and evidence for client-data handling.

• Act as a forward-deployed security architect during client engagements, collaborating with engineering, platform, data science, and security teams.

• Provide client-facing AI strategy, AI governance, AI security architecture, threat modeling, reference architectures, and production roadmaps.

• Design and deliver AI and AI security training for both clients and internal consultants.

• Function as the primary technical liaison with AI labs and model providers; assess platform capabilities and roadmaps.

• Spearhead technical involvement in AI lab SME, partner, and certification initiatives.

• Serve as a senior technical authority and mentor in AI architecture; review designs, enhance consultant skills, and help refine service offerings and client pursuits.

• Contribute to AI and agentic security research and marketing through conferences, blog posts, whitepapers, webinars, and open-source projects.

• Perform additional tasks as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• High School Diploma with 7 years of experience OR Bachelor’s Degree (BS/BA) with 3 years of experience OR Master’s Degree (MS/MA).

• At least three (3) years of experience in security architecture, application security, software engineering, or platform engineering with a proven track record in system-level design decisions.

• A minimum of one (1) year of experience in a consulting or client-facing technical advisory position at the enterprise level.

• Hands-on experience in designing and developing AI agents and agentic systems, including agent orchestration frameworks, agent skills and prompt engineering, tool and function calling, MCP servers, and tool integrations, retrieval-augmented generation, context management, and evaluation harnesses.

• Capability to substantiate AI experience in a technical interview by discussing personally designed and developed agentic systems, architecture and security trade-offs, assessment of agent output quality, and failures.

• Proficiency in building against LLM APIs and SDKs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock, and Azure OpenAI.

• Strong development and scripting skills in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or a similar programming language.

• Ability to conduct threat modeling and securely architect AI-native and agentic systems.

• Solid understanding of the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications.

• Familiarity with application security assessment, threat modeling, secure code review, application architecture review, and Secure SDLC practices.

• Proficient in communicating architecture decisions and AI strategies to engineering teams and executive stakeholders.

• Capable of representing the organization credibly with external technology partners and leading by influence.

• Willingness to embrace emerging technologies, including AI tools.

• Willing to travel up to 20% of the time.

• Sedentary work with substantial movement of wrists, hands, and/or fingers for a minimum of 8 hours daily.

• Close visual acuity required for computer terminal viewing and/or extensive reading for at least 8 hours a day.

🏝️ Benefits

• Primarily remote workforce (U.S. based only).

• Group Medical Insurance options, including Zero Deductible PPO and High Deductible Health Plan with HSA.

• GuidePoint covers 90% of employee PPO premiums and 70% of family PPO premiums.

• GuidePoint pays 100% of employee HDHP premiums and 75% of family HDHP premiums.

• HSA contribution of $850 annually per employee or $1,750 annually per family.

• Group Dental Insurance with GuidePoint covering 100% of employee premiums and 75% of family premiums.

• 12 corporate holidays.

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) program.

• Healthy mobile phone allowance.

• Home internet allowance.

• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment.

• Pet Benefit Option.

• Support for consultants pursuing relevant certifications post-hire.

• Collaboration, mentorship, and guidance from colleagues.