DTCC

Principal AI Security Automation Engineer

DTCC$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
  • 6+ years in software engineering, DevSecOps, or security automation
  • Strong proficiency in Python for security tooling development
  • Experience with application security tooling
  • Proficiency in CI/CD integration of security controls
  • Understanding of AI security risks and mitigation strategies

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement AI-powered automation workflows for vulnerability management
  • Develop integrations between AI scanning platforms and security tools
  • Create and maintain pipelines for findings ingestion and enrichment
  • Integrate AI findings into developer and security workflows
  • Automate triage, prioritization, and remediation processes
  • Develop security metrics and reporting dashboards
  • Support secure operation of AI-based security functions
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging AI security technologies

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence enterprise-wide security practices
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Growth and development in AI-driven security solutions
  • Dynamic work environment focused on innovation
  • Access to the latest security tooling and technologies
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Impact you will have in this role:

Being a member fo IT Cybersecurity & Platform Engineering team, you will help shape the future of AI-powered cyber security at DTCC by building the automation, integrations and workflows that enable vulnerability discovery and remediation at enterprise scale. Working across Application Security, Vulnerability Operations, Cloud Engineering and Development teams, you will develop intelligent pipelines that ingest, enrich, prioritize and operationalize findings from next-generation AI security tooling. Your work will directly influence DTCC's ability to identify and remediate security risks faster, reduce manual effort, and transform vulnerability management through automation, orchestration and AI-driven decision support.

Your Primary Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement automation workflows supporting AI-powered vulnerability discovery and remediation.
  • Develop integrations between AI scanning platforms, security tools and SDLC platforms.
  • Build and maintain findings ingestion, normalization and enrichment pipelines.
  • Integrate AI scanning outputs into ASPM, vulnerability management and developer workflows.
  • Develop automated triage, prioritization and remediation orchestration capabilities.
  • Create dashboards, metrics and reporting capabilities supporting security decision-making.
  • Build APIs and automation services connecting security tooling across the enterprise.
  • Partner with AppSec, Vulnerability Operations and Development teams to operationalize findings.
  • Improve scanning efficiency through workflow optimization and intelligent automation.
  • Support secure deployment and operation of AI-based security capabilities.
  • Contribute to governance, auditability and operational controls for AI-driven security processes.
  • Evaluate emerging AI security technologies and identify opportunities for automation.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 8 years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:
  • 6+ years of software engineering, DevSecOps, Application Security, or security automation experience
  • Strong hands-on development experience in Python, with the ability to develop production-grade security tooling, automation frameworks, and integrations
  • Experience designing and operating application security tooling including SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning, ASPM, or vulnerability management platforms
  • Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows
  • Strong understanding of secure software development practices, OWASP Top 10, secure coding, threat modelling, and vulnerability remediation
  • Experience developing API integrations using REST APIs, SDKs, and event-driven architectures
  • Experience working with AI/LLM platforms such as Claude, OpenAI, Bedrock, or similar
  • Experience building automated workflows for vulnerability discovery, triage, prioritization, and remediation
  • Experience with containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift
  • Familiarity with AWS security services, IAM, Security Hub, GuardDuty, and cloud-native security controls
  • Experience with CI/CD and SDLC tooling including Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, and related platforms
  • Understanding of AI security risks including prompt injection, model abuse, AI supply chain security, and agent security
  • Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Preferred Qualifications
  • CISSP, TAISE, OSCP, CSSLP, or similar certifications
  • Experience with Apiiro, Veracode, SonarQube, Semgrep, Burp Suite, or comparable security platforms
  • Experience implementing policy-as-code or security guardrails within engineering platforms
  • Experience supporting enterprise-scale vulnerability management programmers

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

About DTCC

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is a financial services company that provides clearing, settlement, and information services for the global financial industry. DTCC was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York City. The company operates through subsidiaries that provide services such as trade matching, risk management, and asset servicing. DTCC is owned by its users, which include broker-dealers, banks, and other financial institutions. The company is committed to reducing risk and increasing efficiency in the financial markets.
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1973

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