AI Security Engineer and Architect

About the role

Vontobel's IT Security division in Zurich is looking for an experienced and versatile AI Security Engineer and Architect. The role sits in an agile team and involves implementing complex projects with innovative technologies, covering the software development of IT and AI security solutions, their architecture design and the technical ownership of their delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Develop software for IT security and AI security solutions.
• Design and develop the architecture of AI security solutions.
• Take technical ownership of the delivery of security software solutions.

Required profile

• In-depth technical expertise in AI security threats, vulnerabilities and attack techniques.
• Proven experience designing and securing agent-based AI architectures, including tool invocation, memory management, agent communication and workflow orchestration.
• Experience implementing AI security testing and assurance practices such as red teaming, threat modeling, threat hunting and risk assessments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills, with experience building security tooling, scripts and automated pipelines.
• Agile, adaptable and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership and commitment to continuous learning.
• Nice to have: experience securing Generative AI pipelines (data ingestion, model training, evaluation and deployment) against adversarial attacks, prompt injection, model manipulation and data poisoning.

Required skills

• Deep understanding of the OWASP Top 10 and the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model applications.
• Cloud security principles and controls, especially in Microsoft Azure and AI/ML environments.
• Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI or similar managed LLM services is an advantage.

What we offer

• A top Zurich location with collaboration spaces and free lunch.
• A friendly, diverse team in an international environment.
• An agile way of thinking and working, with a flat hierarchy and opportunities to learn.