Senior Artificial Intelligence Security Engineer

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group (UMG) stands as the world’s leading music company, driven by a commitment to artistry, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Operating across more than 60 countries, UMG encompasses recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content. The company's core mission involves identifying, developing, distributing, and promoting critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to a global audience.

The Opportunity: Senior Artificial Intelligence Security Engineer

The Digital Threat Management (DTM) team at UMG is actively seeking a Senior Artificial Intelligence Security Engineer. This pivotal role is responsible for establishing, maturing, and overseeing a unified framework dedicated to AI security. You will directly influence enterprise strategy, ensure regulatory exam readiness, significantly reduce risk, and enhance overall data trust. A key aspect of this position involves leading and executing multi-year roadmaps for AI and data security, working with cross-functional partners to conduct repeatable security posture reviews and evaluate new AI and data systems as they are developed.

Key Responsibilities (How You’ll CREATE)

• Lead the enterprise AI Security program, defining critical policies, standards, and best practices.
• Adopt and operationalize advanced tools for visibility and control over AI access and behaviors.
• Develop and implement robust defenses against prompt injection, jailbreaking, and indirect prompt injection attacks.
• Provide expert advice on methods to filter and guardrail AI models, preventing the generation of toxic or restricted content.
• Implement strategies and solutions to effectively reduce the risk of data loss through AI systems.
• Introduce crucial AI security control points directly into the CI/CD pipeline, securing internal codebases and managing third-party dependencies.
• Assist in the foundational formation and ongoing development of the AI Center of Excellence.
• Assess, build, configure, and deploy solutions designed to detect and react to anomalous model behavior.
• Offer strategic insights on positioning security operations for the effective detection and response to AI-specific breaches.
• Contribute significantly to general security architecture and engineering duties within the DTM team.
• Oversee data quality, metadata management, and issue remediation functions to enhance data integrity and trust.
• Lead enterprise-wide risk assessments related to data management, protection, and quality.
• Provide strategic leadership on data-driven transformation initiatives, embedding governance into system modernization, cloud adoption, and digital projects.

What You'll Bring (Your VIBE)

We are looking for a candidate with a strong technical background and a deep understanding of AI and cybersecurity intersections:

• AI/ML Frameworks and Services: Experience with platforms such as LangChain, PyTorch, AWS Bedrock / SageMaker, and Google Vertex AI.
• AI Security Frameworks: Familiarity with NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, Google SAIF, and OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications.
• Security Tools: Proficiency in DSPM, SAST, SCA, DAST, SSPM, NHI Security, and similar tools.
• Development: Strong skills in Python and general AI development practices.
• Cloud Security: Expertise in securing environments within AWS and GCP.
• Experience: 5+ years of dedicated experience in Cyber Security.
• Concepts: Strong command of security principles and security architecture concepts.
• AI Relevance: Deep understanding of AI and its direct relevance to security challenges.
• Certifications: Relevant industry certifications are a definite plus.

Perks & Benefits (Perks Playlist)

Join an entrepreneurial, global organization where authenticity, boldness, creativity, connection, drive, and insight are core values. Universal Music Group supports its employees with a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, including 100% coverage for out-patient in-network mental health services.
• Fertility coverage for eligible medical plan participants.
• Wellbeing reimbursements (up to $720/year) for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, and travel.
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement programs.
• 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting on the first 5% of your contributions, plus an additional UMG contribution.
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees, 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees, 2-weeks paid Winter Break, 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day), and Summer Fridays.
• Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent.

Key skills/competency

• AI Security
• LLM Security
• Prompt Injection
• Cybersecurity Strategy
• Cloud Security (AWS, GCP)
• Python Programming
• NIST AI RMF
• Data Loss Prevention
• CI/CD Security
• Security Architecture