Cybersecurity Architect Principal (AI Guardrail)

Location: US FL JAX 347, United States

Company

hirify.global provides financial services technology and enterprise solutions.

What you will do

• Design secure architectures and reference patterns for enterprise infrastructure, products, and solutions incorporating AI agents.
• Lead threat modeling and security design reviews for AI features, identifying risks and recommending fixes before launch.
• Review agent authentication, data and tool access, authorization, monitoring, and logging.
• Create secure-by-design standards and reusable controls for engineering teams.
• Track emerging AI threats and industry frameworks while mentoring cybersecurity architects and engineers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience, including several years as a senior or principal architect designing secure systems for large, complex organizations.
• Industry certification such as CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, or a cloud security architecture certification.
• Hands-on experience securing AI and LLM systems, including protection against prompt injection, data leakage, excessive permissions, and unsafe tool use.
• Strong knowledge of identity, access, authorization, logging, and data protection for autonomous enterprise and personal agents.
• Working knowledge of agent frameworks and protocols such as Model Context Protocol (MCP), LangChain, or similar orchestration tools.
• Ability to create practical reference architectures and secure-by-design standards aligned with NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, and ISO/IEC 42001.
• Ability to explain AI risk, guide technical trade-offs, and build consensus across security, product, and technology teams in a regulated financial services environment.

Nice to have

• Experience designing secure AWS or Azure infrastructure, including cloud authentication, identity federation, least-privilege access, network segmentation, secrets management, and data protection.
• Background in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of emerging AI regulations and governance requirements, including the EU AI Act, and experience translating them into practical design controls.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with significant responsibility and broad opportunities.
• Modern international work environment with a collaborative, flexible, and respectful culture.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• For US positions, a conditional offer requires completion of a drug test.