AI Security Engineer Manager

About the role

This role plays a critical role in securing the development and deployment of AI/ML and Generative AI solutions. The position requires a collaborative, execution-focused leader who can influence teams, mentor engineers, and ensure AI systems meet enterprise security, risk, and compliance expectations.

Responsibilities

• Secure, Outcome-Driven Delivery
• Design and deliver AI-enabled solutions that are secure by design, balancing business value with risk mitigation. Solve complex problems while ensuring protection of data, models, and systems.
• Hands-On AI Security Engineering
• Actively contribute to architecture, design, and development of AI/ML and GenAI systems with embedded security controls. Integrate security across the SSDLC, including code reviews, testing, and deployment. Manage AI defensive technologies and their operations.
• AI Risk Identification and Mitigation
• Identify and address AI-specific vulnerabilities, including prompt injection, data leakage, model manipulation, and misuse. Implement practical safeguards to ensure system integrity and trustworthiness.
• Technical Leadership and Advocacy
• Serve as a trusted technical voice for secure AI engineering. Ensure solutions are feasible, secure, and aligned with business and customer objectives.
• Engineering Excellence with Security Focus
• Maintain high standards for code quality, scalability, and security. Contribute to secure coding practices, reusable patterns, and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
• Iterative and Responsible Innovation
• Support rapid experimentation while applying appropriate security guardrails. Enable teams to innovate safely through controlled, risk-aware development practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner closely with product, engineering, cybersecurity, and risk teams to embed AI security into solutions. Balance usability, performance, and security in decision-making.
• Standards and Best Practices
• Apply and help evolve standards for AI security, including data protection, access control, model validation, and monitoring within DevSecOps and MLOps pipelines.
• Communication and Influence
• Clearly articulate technical risks, trade-offs, and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Contribute to alignment and informed decision-making.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

Team

The team at Deloitte Technology US (DT - US) helps power Deloitte's success, serving many of the world's largest, most respected organizations. They deliver services including:

• Cyber Security
• Technology Support
• Technology & Infrastructure
• Applications
• Relationship Management
• Strategy & Communications
• Project Management
• Financials

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business Administration
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in software engineering, cybersecurity, and/or including AI/ML, with hands-on delivery experience
• Minimum 1 year of people and/or process management experience

Wage Range

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $118,700 to $243,700.

Additional Information

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Application Instructions

To apply, please visit our careers page and search for RITM10427821.