Senior AI Security Technical Architect

Job Title: Senior AI Security Technical Architect

Job Posting Details

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days from 25-Feb-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

About Edward Jones

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we are proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Our Purpose

Behind everything we do is our purpose. We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues and together better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging. People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

View Our Purpose Inclusion and Citizenship Report.¹

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Team Overview

Edward Jones is seeking a Senior AI Security Technical Architect to continue to build upon a defined enterprise AI security strategy, ensuring artificial intelligence and generative AI capabilities are designed, deployed, and operated in a secure, compliant, and responsible manner.

Job Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the enterprise AI security architecture and strategy, aligning business goals, technology platforms, and risk management practices.
• Assist in defining secure-by-design patterns and standards for AIML systems.
• Establish and maintain AI-specific security artifacts.
• Ensure consistent adoption of NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, CIS ISO 27001, and other relevant frameworks across AI initiatives.
• Establish architectural governance and enforce adherence to AI security standards across product teams and platforms.
• Influence AI design decisions early in the lifecycle to reduce downstream risk and rework.
• Partner with enterprise stakeholders to balance speed of innovation with risk tolerance and regulatory expectations.
• Evaluate AI frameworks, agents, vector databases, and third-party AI platforms for security posture and enterprise readiness.
• Recommend and rationalize AI security tooling as part of the broader enterprise security strategy.
• Monitor emerging AI threats, regulatory guidance, and industry best practices to inform security strategy and standards.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8-12 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering or architecture within a complex enterprise environment.
• 2-4 years of hands-on experience securing or reviewing AIML systems and platforms.
• Strong understanding of LLM architectures, embeddings, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns.
• End-to-end ML pipelines, training validation deployment inference.
• AI model supply chain risks, model registries, containers, dependencies, open-source components.
• Zero Trust and identity-centric security models.
• Cloud security across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Proven ability to influence architecture decisions and lead cross-functional initiatives at the enterprise level.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage senior technical and business leaders.

What Could Set You Apart?

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or SANS certifications.
• Experience contributing to responsible AI practices, explainability, or bias mitigation initiatives.
• Experience securing AI platforms in regulated industries, particularly financial services.
• Background supporting advanced encryption, cryptographic agility, or post-quantum readiness.
• Demonstrated experience in incident response and enterprise risk management.
• Understanding of various regulatory requirements and laws, including but not limited to NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulations and FINRA Regulations.

Work Arrangements

• Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ, and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week, effective June 1, 2026.
• Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ, and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.

About Edward Jones

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We are proud of our associates contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received. Check out our U.S. awards and accolades, Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones, and our Canadian awards and accolades.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Benefits

Edward Jones compensation and benefits package includes:

• Medical and prescription drug coverage
• Dental and vision coverage
• Voluntary benefits, such as accident hospital indemnity, and critical illness
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life and basic AD&D coverage
• 401k retirement plan and tax-advantaged accounts
• Health Savings Account and flexible spending account
• Ten paid holidays
• 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year
• Sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism
• Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing
• All associates are eligible for the firms Employee Assistance Program

Note

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3a39 and 15b4 and Rule 17a-3a12 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110e.