Associate Director, Security Architect

7 hours ago

Bengaluru Gurugram, India 49a2d1ba-5125-4faa-997c-e57e907b6f1c Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year

Grade Level (for internal use):

12

The Team

We are seeking an Associate Director - Security Architect (Cloud, AI & Data) with years of deep technical experience to champion security-by-design in a high-velocity, AI-first organization.

You will serve as the technical bridge between security strategy and executionpartnering closely with Engineering, Platform, Data Science, and Product teams to embed zero-trust, resilient, and scalable security patterns from ideation through production without sacrificing speed .

This is a hands-on architecture role : you will author reference designs, enforce controls via code, lead threat modeling, and drive secure SDLC adoption across the stack.

The Impact

  • Shape security for next-gen AI products at scale.
  • Equity in a high-growth, mission-driven AI company.
  • Flexible, remote-first culture with global impact.
  • Work alongside world-class AI researchers, data scientists, and platform engineers .
  • Lead secure innovation that powers trust in AI.

Key Responsibilities

  • Security Architecture & Governance : Design multi-cloud security architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure), covering IAM, network segmentation, secrets management, and cloud-native application protection.
  • AI/ML Pipeline Security : Secure AI/ML systems, addressing model theft, poisoning, and inference attacks, while implementing defenses and guardrails.
  • Data Security & Privacy : Safeguard data ecosystems using encryption, tokenization, and differential privacy, ensuring compliance with Security, and AI regulations.
  • Secure SDLC Leadership : Integrate security tools into CI/CD pipelines, define secure SDLC gates, and lead threat modeling workshops.
  • Influence & Enablement : Align stakeholders on risk trade-offs, mentor engineers on secure coding practices, and represent security in architecture reviews.

Required Qualifications

  • 8-10+ years of hands-on security architecture or engineering experience in cloud-native environments.
  • ISC2 CISSP with a concentration in ISSAP, ISSEP, CCSP, or CSSLP preferred.
  • Deep expertise in multi-cloud security, zero-trust architectures, and infrastructure-as-code security.
  • Proficiency in for automation and policy enforcement.
  • Proven ability to author production-grade reference architectures adopted organization-wide.

Preferred Skills

  • Familiarity with NIST AI RMF and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs .

Who You Are

  • Architect & enabler : You design systems that are secure and fast to build.
  • Collaborative influencer : You earn trust with engineers, not mandates.
  • Hands-on coder : You write IaC, scripts, and policiesnot just diagrams.
  • AI-aware : You understand prompt flows, embeddings, and model supply chains.
  • Pragmatic : You balance risk, compliance, and velocity.

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