Principal Security Engineer - GenAI and Emerging Tech - Remote

Job Description

Principal Security Engineer - GenAI and Emerging Tech - Remote

The Hartford

Chicago, IL

• On-site, Remote
  
  

Full-time

Posted 5 hours ago

Job Description

Principal Security Engineer - IS06BE

The Hartford's Information Protection (THIP) organization is looking for talented professionals to join a high-performing team that is charged with designing, implementing and maintaining modernized and advanced information security capabilities. As the Principal Security Engineer this position will set the security direction and requirements for the company's secure use of AI / GenAI capabilities, while leading the charge in evaluating, recommending and helping implement new and emerging security capabilities.

This role reports directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and is an essential leadership position that partners closely with other technology leaders.

As the Principal Security Engineer for GenAI & Emerging Technologies, you'll be responsible for:

• Partnering with key stakeholders and technology partners to provide leadership direction and support for our company's continued GenAI priorities, bringing a security perspective that balances with business imperatives and delivery timeframes
• Designing and developing architectures, frameworks, and requirements for the secure consumption of AI / GenAI capabilities across various patterns and usages, including internally maintained models, as well as Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions
• Performing threat modelling and risk assessments against GenAI use cases, recommending security requirements, and monitoring adherence with guidance
• Working with development teams, data scientists and security professionals to design and implement security measures that protect AI models against various threats and vulnerabilities, including prompt injections, inference attacks, data poisoning, model thefts, and others
• Representing the organization in leadership discussions, risk governance councils, and various AI / GenAI working teams
• Leading the cybersecurity team's efforts to continuously monitor, assess and evaluate emerging security technologies, partnering with the enterprise Innovation team to proactively identify and recommend potential new capabilities
  
  

This role can have a Hybrid or Remote work schedule. Candidates who live near one of our office locations (Hartford, CT, Charlotte, NC, Columbus, OH or Chicago, IL) will have the expectation of working in an office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday). Candidates who do not live near an office will have a remote work schedule.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience as a security professional with a focus on Security Architecture
• AI/ML Security Leadership: Proven expertise in securing Generative AI systems.
• Generative AI & LLMs: Hands-on experience leading AI/ML initiatives using large language models (LLMs) and platforms such as GCP Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, ChatGPT, etc.
• Cross-Platform AI Security: Deep knowledge of securing AI applications and platform products across major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure) and AI ecosystems, including CoPilot and other enterprise-grade LLMs.
• Cloud Security Engineering: Experience Designing and deploying robust cloud security architectures for AI/ML workloads across AWS and Google Cloud.
• Threat Modeling & Risk Mitigation: Subject matter expert in identifying and mitigating AI-specific attack surfaces and threats.
• End-to-End AI Security Strategy: Demonstrated ability to lead the development and execution of comprehensive AI/ML security strategies.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and/or Cloud and AI-specific certifications are highly desirable
  
  

Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.

Compensation

The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$149,360 - $224,040

Equal Opportunity Employer/Sex/Race/Color/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age

About Hartford

Hartford Financial Services Group, widely recognized as The Hartford, is a renowned company based in Hartford, CT, US. Established in 1810, it has evolved into an industry leader in the insurance and financial services sector, proudly serving more than one million businesses in the US.