AI Security Architect/Partner

Role Description

To capitalize on our success and continued growth plans we are seeking a Cyber Security Architect. As a member of the information security team, this role will directly contribute to the success of the program and ultimately the company. The role will also have an opportunity to work with subject matter experts not only within security, but across infrastructure, network, development, and business teams.

We look to hire people who are comfortable in working with minimal supervision as part of a team that has consistently delivered ground-breaking and innovative solutions in one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of the financial markets. We need people who can prioritize and can effectively articulate complex issues to technical and non-technical team members.

Tradeweb Technology jobs are fully remote. The Tradeweb Technology hub is in our Jersey City office which can be used for team meetings and collaboration efforts. There may be days where travel to the Jersey City office is recommended for organizational off sites.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the enterprise AI Security Architect and trusted advisor for AI initiatives across the organization.
• Define and execute the enterprise AI security strategy, governance framework, and security architecture roadmap.
• Design secure reference architectures for Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Machine Learning platforms.
• Establish secure-by-design principles and AI security controls across the AI/ML lifecycle.
• Perform end-to-end AI security architecture reviews for AI platforms, cloud environments, APIs, and enterprise applications.
• Conduct AI threat modeling using MITRE ATLAS, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, STRIDE, and attack simulation techniques.
• Define and implement security controls to mitigate AI-specific threats including prompt injection, model poisoning, adversarial attacks, data leakage, model theft, insecure plugins, excessive agency, and supply chain risks.
• Develop security standards for AI infrastructure, model lifecycle management, secure MLOps, model governance, and AI deployment pipelines.
• Partner with engineering, DevSecOps, cloud, and data science teams to embed security throughout AI development and deployment.
• Provide architectural guidance for AI identity and access management, secrets management, data protection, encryption, and privileged access management.
• Lead enterprise AI cyber risk assessments and influence technology investment decisions involving AI adoption.
• Develop AI security blueprints, reference architectures, policies, and governance frameworks aligned with industry standards.
• Drive remediation strategies for AI security vulnerabilities and mentor engineering teams on secure implementation practices.
• Collaborate with legal, privacy, compliance, audit, and risk teams to ensure responsible AI practices and regulatory compliance.
• Build strong partnerships with infrastructure, application development, cloud engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Present AI security strategy, risk posture, and architectural recommendations to executive leadership, regulators, clients, and internal audit teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of Information Security experience with deep expertise in enterprise security architecture.
• 5+ years designing enterprise security architectures across cloud-native and distributed environments.
• Proven experience securing Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, Machine Learning platforms, and MLOps ecosystems.
• Strong knowledge of AI security principles, adversarial machine learning, AI governance, and model risk management.
• Experience performing AI threat modeling using MITRE ATLAS, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, STRIDE, or equivalent methodologies.
• Expertise in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform security.
• Strong understanding of secure software development, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, containers, APIs, and cloud-native application security.
• Experience implementing enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM), secrets management, encryption, and data protection strategies for AI and cloud environments.
• Experience conducting security architecture reviews, secure code reviews, and application security assessments.
• Working knowledge of NIST AI RMF, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, CIS Controls, GDPR, and emerging AI regulations.
• Excellent communication and executive stakeholder management skills.
• Financial Services or FinTech experience is preferred.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, GIAC, SABSA, or AI Security certifications are desirable.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs.
• Hybrid Environment: Our employees have the flexibility of working in the office and from home.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts: You may elect to set aside pre-tax earnings to pay for eligible health care and dependent day care expenses for you and your eligible family members.
• Maven Family Building Benefit: Maven offers support for fertility and preconception; pregnancy and post-partum; adoption; surrogacy and pediatrics for children up to age 10. Tradeweb provides a $10,000 lifetime reimbursement towards fertility, egg freezing, adoption, and surrogacy expenses.
• Building Wealth - 401(k) Savings Plan: Employees are immediately eligible for the 401(k) plan. Participants may contribute up to 75% of eligible compensation into a traditional 401(k) and/or Roth 401(k). Tradeweb will match 100% of the first 4% of compensation that you contribute.
• Other Benefit Programs: Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits Program, ARAG Legal Services, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Financial Wellness Tools, Travel Assistance Benefits, Pet Insurance, Corporate Gym Subsidies, Wellness Perks, Paid Time Off and Parental Leave.