FIS

Cybersecurity Architect Principal, AI Guardrail

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7 days ago
Milwaukee, WI, USA +2 moreStaff+
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • 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 and recommend fixes before launch.
  • Review agent authentication, data and tool access, action authorization, monitoring, and logging.
  • Create secure-by-design standards and reusable controls for engineering teams.
  • Track emerging AI threats and industry frameworks and mentor architects and engineers across cybersecurity.
  • Collaborate with security engineering, technology, product, and risk teams in a regulated financial-services environment.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of cybersecurity experience, including several years as a senior or principal architect designing secure systems for large, complex organizations.
  • Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, or a cloud security architecture certification.
  • Hands-on expertise securing AI and LLM systems, including risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, excessive permissions, and unsafe tool use.
  • Strong knowledge of identity, access, authorization, logging, and data protection for autonomous agents.
  • Working knowledge of Model Context Protocol, LangChain, or similar agent 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.
  • Clear communication and the ability to influence security, product, and technology stakeholders.
  • Preferred experience with secure AWS or Azure cloud infrastructure, cloud authentication and identity federation, least-privilege access, network segmentation, secrets management, and data protection.
  • Preferred background in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
  • Preferred knowledge of AI regulations and governance requirements such as the EU AI Act.

Benefits

  • Full-time position with a high degree of responsibility and broad opportunities.
  • Modern international work environment with a dedicated and motivated team.
  • Competitive salary and benefits.
  • Collaborative, flexible, and respectful work environment.

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About FIS

10,000+ employees

FIS builds financial technology for banks, merchants, and capital-markets firms, including core banking platforms, payment processing, fraud/risk tools, and investment/treasury systems. It sells enterprise software, cloud services, and outsourced processing via long-term contracts and transaction-based fees. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS is a Fortune 500 public company trading on the NYSE (FIS) with customers worldwide.

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