AI Security Controls Engineer

Adobe

Actively hiring
San Jose · Seattle, WA · Lehi, UT · New York, NY Posted 58 days ago $157,900$228,575 / year

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TL;DR

As a Senior AI Governance Specialist at Adobe, you will collaborate with engineering, product, security, and legal teams to build and scale security controls for AI/ML systems. Your role involves establishing an enterprise AI governance framework, defining policies, translating them into technical requirements, and ensuring compliance across all AI systems. You will also define guardrails for AI system inputs and outputs, craft robust access controls, identify critical control points requiring Human-in-the-Loop review, and develop continuous surveillance methods to ensure alignment with AI governance standards. Familiarity with agentic AI technologies, threat modeling, and regulatory frameworks like NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 is essential, as is experience in risk management, cybersecurity, and GRC platforms.

Skills

AI/ML NIST AI RMF ISO 42001 EU AI Act GRC platforms CI/CD Kubernetes Docker Python PostgreSQL Prometheus Grafana A2A communication MCP HITL review Threat modeling Key Risk Indicators ISO 42001 Implementer/Auditor CISSP CISA CISM

What you'll do

  • Partner with teams to build and scale security controls for AI/ML systems.
  • Establish and operationalize an enterprise AI governance framework, including policies and technical requirements.
  • Define guardrails for AI system inputs, outputs, and inter-agent communication to prevent misuse.
  • Craft robust access controls for AI tools and data sources, ensuring least privilege and auditability.
  • Identify critical control points requiring Human-in-the-Loop review in autonomous workflows.
  • Develop continuous surveillance methods to ensure alignment with AI governance standards.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in AI governance and Responsible AI.
  • 6+ years of risk management, cybersecurity, compliance, or consulting experience.
  • Experience translating AI governance requirements into technical security controls.
  • Familiarity with agentic AI technologies, protocols, and threat modeling.
  • Knowledge of AI governance standards like NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act.
  • Experience working with GRC platforms and collaborating across privacy, legal, and security teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field.

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Similar $184k
This role $193k
$118k most similar roles pay here $240k

This role pays more than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $142,487–$225,262 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $193k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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About Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

Adobe currently has 310 open roles on FindRole.

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