Sr. AI Security Engineer

Sr. AI Security Engineer

Location: Plano, TX (Remote)

Long Term

Overview:

Drive the development and optimization of advanced AI architectures (cloud/hybrid), software, tools, processes, and workflows to predict, detect, and prevent AI specific threats. This hands-on technical leadership role combines deep research in AI security with close collaboration across teams to integrate AI capabilities into robust cybersecurity architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and optimize AI/AI Security specific architectures, software, threat models, tools, solutions for threat identification, prediction, and prevention.

Implement and secure agentic and MCP architectures, neural networks, and AI techniques to enhance threat detection, monitoring, and risk scoring.

Integrate AI security tools and technologies across AI architectures, collaborating with data scientists, security engineers, and other stakeholders.

Analyze AI security risk scoring and incident data to refine and improve AI architectures and methodologies.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers in Agentic and MCP architectures

Ensure alignment and compliance with industry standards (NIST AI-RMF, ISO42001, OWASP Top 10 for LLM), and advanced security architectures (Agentic, MCP).

Stay abreast of emerging trends and advancements in AI and cybersecurity.

Required Qualifications:

A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a closely related discipline is required.

5+ years of experience in AI and cloud-focused architectures and cybersecurity in an enterprise environment.

8+ years deep hands-on low/high level software development expertise in Python, R, Java, C or similar programming languages.

Deep hands-on understanding of agentic frameworks (LangGraph, LangChain, Crew, OpenClaw etc.,), and AI orchestration.

Hands-on experience with AI security technologies (intrusion detection, anomaly detection, threat intelligence).

5+ years’ experience in Azure or AWS cloud native services, architectures, and tools.

Expertise in enterprise architecture (including Cloud-native and AI architecture patterns).

Advanced knowledge of security and governance frameworks (NIST AI-RMF, ISO42001, OWASP Top 10 for LLM).

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with agentic and model context protocols (MCP) architectures.

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams.

Track record of published research or thought leadership in AI security.

About Us:

At Tech Mahindra (), we live the philosophy of connected world and connected experiences. We thrive on change that is powered by the intelligent symphony of technology and humans designing meaningful and sustainable experiences. Consumer ‘experiences’ are driving and disrupting industries like never before. Businesses must build seamless yet simple enterprises that collaborate, synergize, and drive the change. Change that connects us all and empowers us to deliver experiences that span across the digital, the physical, the convergent, and everything in between. That’s when truly connected experiences manifest.

Extraordinary is when experiences come together – a continuous convergence of digital technologies, touchpoints, and most importantly people. It’s time to reimagine, reinvent, and revolutionize business models & operations as well as to transform enterprises into living, breathing, and connected businesses. We are the Digital Change makers who strive to change the way the world, communities, businesses, and humans interact digitally. We are harnessing the power of change, brought in by technologies, that makes it the most exciting time to be alive in the human history. Our universe, as we build it, disrupt it, and redesign it, is powering the digital change.

Tech Mahindra represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences, enabling Enterprises, Associates, and the Society to Rise. It has 150,000+ professionals working for 1000+ Global Customers (including Fortune 500 companies) in 90 Countries. We’re part of the esteemed Mahindra group, headquartered in India. Under a new CEO, Tech Mahindra is committed to a transformative journey with 'Scale @ Speed' as our guiding principle.

“Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities.  Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at .”