Principal Data and AI Security Architect

The Opportunity

As a Principal Data and AI Security Architect at FICO, you will define the strategy, design, and drive the technical implementation of security across our AI/ML and data systems. This role involves establishing comprehensive AI and data security standards while architecting protection mechanisms both from and via AI technologies. With an enormous scope that spans SDLC, product, MLSecOps, Enterprise, Platform, and Client Security, you will collaborate closely with engineering, infrastructure, and cyber teams to embed robust security frameworks across FICO's entire technology stack.

What You’ll Contribute

• Secure the design of AI and ML capabilities within FICO Platform, services, and corporate tools.
• Provide full-stack security architecture design from cloud infrastructure to application features for FICO and internal customers.
• Oversee security aspects of Analytical Model Life Cycle and influence stakeholders for adopting best security standards and implementations.
• Define comprehensive data security strategy and guide implementation of enterprise-wide data protection programs including DLP, data classification, security logging, and data protection controls across products and enterprise systems.
• Proof the security implementations within infrastructure & application deployment manifests and the MLSecOps pipeline.
• Define required controls and capabilities for the protection of FICO AI and data services and environments, collaborating with architects, developers, and product managers to implement security controls at scale.
• Design, Implement, and manage scalable security controls and automation in a DevOps environment within public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle) across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and container platforms.
• Integrate security in depth throughout FICO software delivery processes and pipelines.

What We’re Seeking

• Experience in securing AI and ML models and data systems, as well as building MLSecOps and data security controls.
• Knowledge of adversarial techniques within analytics domains, AI-related threats, and mitigation strategies.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise data security programs including Data Loss Prevention (DLP), data classification frameworks, data governance controls, and data protection strategies across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience in architecture, security reviews, and requirement definition for complex environments.
• Experience in threat modeling, code reviews, security testing, vulnerability detection, attacker exploit techniques, and methods for their remediation.
• Hands-on experience with programming languages, such as Java, Python, etc.
• Experience deploying and securing cloud environments, preferably AWS, with a focus on data security services and data lake/warehouse security architectures.
• Hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform, Cloudformation, Helm) and CI/CD pipelines (Github, Jenkins, JFrog).
• Experience with security testing at scale and integration of security controls into CI/CD workflows for rapid deployments.
• Familiarity with industry regulations, frameworks, and practices (e.g., PCI, ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, CCPA, and data privacy regulations).
• Ability to articulate complex architectural challenges with business leadership and product management teams.
• Independently drive transformational security projects across teams and organizations.

Our Offer to You

FICO offers an inclusive culture reflecting core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers, and Earn the Respect of Others. This role provides an opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally, leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences. Highly competitive compensation, benefits, and rewards programs encourage you to bring your best every day. FICO fosters an engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events.

Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics. You’ll help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more. FICO makes a real difference worldwide through credit scoring, fraud detection and security, and lending solutions. Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers, and other firms reach new levels of success. Our success depends on talented people who thrive on collaboration and innovation in a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide support while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career. Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Key skills/competency

• AI Security
• Data Security Architecture
• MLSecOps
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Threat Modeling
• CI/CD Security
• Data Governance
• Industry Compliance (NIST, GDPR)
• Security Automation