BlackRock
AI and Security Architect, Director
$186K–$275K
New York, NY +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Nov 3, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
XDE-Regional - Delaware - Experience
- 10+ years in one or more of the listed fields; no alternative stated.
About the job
Leads security strategy and architecture for AI-enabled systems across BlackRock’s enterprise platforms and client-facing products.
What you'll do
- Define AI security roadmaps, standards, guardrails, and governance requirements.
- Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, risk assessments, and remediation for AI initiatives.
- Develop security tooling, automated tests, and secure development practices; advise senior leaders and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, product security, application security, cloud security, platform engineering, or security architecture.
- Experience leading large-scale security initiatives across multiple teams and organizational boundaries.
- Strong experience with security architecture, threat modeling, secure design reviews, and practical risk reduction.
- Ability to write code or scripts for security testing, tooling, automation, and technical analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience securing enterprise AI/ML platforms, LLM applications, agent workflows, RAG pipelines, or AI orchestration.
- Experience with AI governance, security automation, CI/CD testing, regulated enterprises, or Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Pay
USD$215,000.00 - USD$275,000.00 base salary; USD$186,500.00 - USD$232,500.00 base salary
Tools
LLM, RAG, MCP, CI/CD, Azure, AWS, GCP
AI focus
Defines and leads security architecture, risk management, governance, and secure development for AI systems, including LLMs, RAG pipelines, agent workflows, and tool integrations.
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