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.

• 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

• 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

Preferred:

• Strong understanding of AI/GenAI technologies and associated security risks (e.g., prompt injection, data exposure, adversarial threats)

• Experience building and securing applications using Python, JavaScript, or similar, along with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)

• Familiarity with secure development practices (DevSecOps) and integrating security into CI/CD and MLOps pipelines

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native security principles

• Knowledge of data protection, identity/access management, and secure architecture patterns

• Ability to work across teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to a strong engineering culture

• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business-relevant insights

Pay

The wage range for this role is $118,700 to $243,700. The actual salary will be determined based on factors such as skill set; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is full-time.

Benefits

At Deloitte, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Retirement savings plans

• Flexible spending accounts

• Employee assistance programs

• Professional development programs

• Wellness programs

Company Information

Deloitte Technology US (DT - US) helps power Deloitte’s success, which serves many of the world’s largest, most respected organizations. We develop and deploy cutting-edge internal and go-to-market solutions that help Deloitte operate effectively and lead in the market. Our reputation is built on a tradition of delivering with excellence.

The ~3,000 professionals in DT - US deliver services including:

• Cyber Security

• Technology Support

• Technology & Infrastructure

• Applications

• Relationship Management

• Strategy & Communications

• Project Management

• Financials

Cyber Security

Cyber Security vigilantly protects Deloitte and client data. The team leads a strategic cyber risk program that adapts to a rapidly changing threat landscape, changes in business strategies, risks, and vulnerabilities. Using situational awareness, threat intelligence, and building a security culture across the organization, the team helps to protect the Deloitte brand.

Areas of focus include:

• Risk & Compliance

• Identity & Access Management

• Data Protection

• Cyber Design

• Incident Response

• Security Architecture

• Business Partnership

Contact Information

To apply for this role, please visit Deloitte's careers page.