New York Life Insurance Company · 8 hours ago
Senior Associate - AI Platform Security Engineer
New York,New York,United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$124K/yr - $177K/yr
5+ years expNew York Life Insurance Company is evolving into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization. They are seeking a Senior Associate - AI Platform Security Engineer to design, engineer, and secure their AI development platform, ensuring the protection of sensitive data while enabling rapid experimentation and delivery.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Engineer, configure, and maintain security controls for Google Cloud and Vertex AI environments
Design and implement secure Vertex AI architectures covering notebooks, pipelines, model registry, endpoints, and feature stores
Define and enforce IAM patterns for human and non-human identities, including service accounts and Workload Identity Federation
Implement network security controls such as VPC design, private connectivity, service perimeters, and egress restrictions for AI workloads
Engineer encryption strategies for AI data and artifacts, including CMEK, data-at-rest, and data-in-transit protections
Establish security guardrails and baseline configurations for AI development teams using infrastructure-as-code
Integrate audit logging, monitoring, and alerting for Vertex AI and GCP security events
Implement DLP controls to prevent sensitive data exposure during training and inference workflows
Conduct threat modeling and security assessments for AI and ML use cases
Partner with data science, ML engineering, and cloud platform teams to embed security into development workflows without impeding velocity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in cloud security or security engineering roles
Hands-on experience securing Google Cloud Platform environments
Direct experience with Vertex AI or comparable ML platforms, including securing end-to-end ML workflows
Strong knowledge of cloud IAM, least-privilege design, and non-human identity management
Experience implementing network security controls in cloud environments (VPCs, private endpoints, service perimeters)
Familiarity with AI/ML security risks such as data poisoning, model theft, inference abuse, and data leakage
Proficiency with Python for security automation and policy enforcement
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred)
Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in financial services environments
Preferred
Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification
Experience securing AI/ML platforms in highly regulated industries
Familiarity with AI security frameworks such as MITRE ATLAS
Experience with CI/CD integration for ML pipelines and security guardrails
Knowledge of confidential computing and secure data processing techniques
Exposure to generative AI security concerns (LLMs, RAG, agents)
Benefits
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Company
New York Life Insurance Company
For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime.
10001+ employees
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