AI Security Architecture and Risk, Sr Advisor
Alpharetta, GA - USA
Job Summary
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Were Fiserv a global leader in Fintech and payments and we move money and information in a way that moves the world. We connect financial institutions corporations merchants and consumers to one another millions of times a day quickly reliably and securely. Any time you swipe your credit card pay through a mobile app or withdraw money from the bank were involved. If you want to make an impact on a global scale come make a difference at Fiserv.
Job Title
AI Security Architecture and Risk Sr AdvisorAbout your role
You will lead the security design and risk-assessment approach for the enterprise AI program at Fiserv shaping the reference architectures risk tiering and guardrail standards that let the business adopt AI quickly and safely. Sitting within Cybersecurity this role helps lead a cross-functional model for AI security that connects the strengths of Cyber the AI Center of Excellence Cybersecurity Architecture Risk and the business units. It is a cornerstone of the AI Security Protection team and a driver of the Fiserv transformation to secure-by-design AI delivery.
What youll do
- Help lead the enterprise AI security reference architecture partnering with Cybersecurity Architecture and the AI Center of Excellence to define approved patterns and secure defaults for AI and agentic workloads and to evaluate incoming designs against them.
- Help build and steward the AI risk-assessment framework a multi-factor risk-tiering model that routes initiatives into delivery lanes (Standard Elevated Risk Experimentation) with clear auditable criteria for rapid consistent decisions at scale.
- Define the control requirements and thresholds that AI protection tooling enforces guardrail thresholds for hallucination PII/PHI exposure prompt injection and toxicity plus data-access policy and bring security leadership to the build-vs-buy strategy for that layer (e.g. Arize Fiddler Varonis or equivalent).
- Develop and maintain STRIDE MAESTRO and MITRE ATLAS threat models for new AI system patterns and contribute the Architecture Decision Records that keep the program defensible to internal auditors and regulators.
- Represent Cybers AI security perspective in AI Center of Excellence governance and help translate design decisions into platform-enforceable policy and guardrails.
- Evaluate emerging agentic AI frameworks (multi-agent orchestration LLM tool-calling autonomous workflows) for architectural risk and help define secure defaults with partner teams before they reach production.
- Lay the groundwork for a future automation layer by designing controls and decision logic so they can be progressively operated by AI agents as the program matures.
- Responsibilities listed are not intended to be all-inclusive and may be modified as necessary.
Experience youll need to have
- 10 years in security architecture with a focus on cloud-native AI/ML or platform security domains.
- Hands-on proficiency with AI risk frameworks: NIST AI RMF MITRE ATLAS OWASP LLM Top 10 and ISO/IEC 42001 MAESTRO.
- Demonstrated experience designing risk-classification or governance models that balance security assurance against delivery speed.
- Experience with policy-as-code tooling (Sentinel) and translating security policy into platform-enforceable controls.
- Familiarity with the commercial AI protection landscape observability guardrails and data security posture management sufficient to make credible build-vs-buy and tooling recommendations.
- A track record of leading through influence across organizational boundaries building alignment with governance platform and business teams to deliver shared outcomes.
- Strong technical communication skills; proven ability to present architecture and risk positions to SVP and C-suite audiences.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or a related field and/or equivalent work experience.
Experience that would be great to have
- Experience in financial services or other regulated industries with AI governance under frameworks such as the EU AI Act ISO/IEC 42001 or model risk guidance such as SR 11-7.
- Hands-on experience evaluating LLM-based agent orchestration systems (LangGraph AutoGen CrewAI or equivalent) in a security or governance context.
- Experience helping shape cross-functional operating models as organizations scale new technology capabilities.
- Certification in CISSP CISM or equivalent; advanced credentials in AI cloud or zero trust security.
- Proven experience contributing to enterprise-level threat modeling programs with patterns adopted by engineering teams.
How youll work
- This role is on-site Monday through Friday. Fiserv considers in-person collaboration to be an essential part of this role as in-person office experiences help you with your overall onboarding experience and leads to stronger productivity.
Travel
- Approximately 10% travel off-site or to other office locations is expected.
Sponsorship
- You must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including but not limited to F-1 (OPT CPT STEM) H-1B H-2 or TN or any candidate requiring sponsorship now or in the future will not be considered.
Salary Range:
$127500.00-$170000.00These pay ranges apply to employees in Maryland. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ. Certain Positions are Commissions eligible.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Fiserv is a global fintech and payments company with solutions for banking, global commerce, merchant acquiring, billing and payments, and point-of-sale.