Hitachi America

Senior Security Engineer

Hitachi America • $120K — $145K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of cybersecurity experience leading engineering teams and large-scale security programs.
  • Strong leadership skills in mentoring engineers and managing multiple security workstreams.
  • Deep expertise in Cloud Security, including identity management and workload protection.
  • Proven experience with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD security controls.
  • Strong background in Application Security, including threat modeling and API security.
  • Hands-on experience with AI Security, including LLMs and MLOps.
  • Excellent customer-facing communication skills, especially with executives and technical teams.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; advanced security certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead customer security engagements and provide technical leadership in cloud and AI security.
  • Translate complex security challenges into scalable architectures and implementation roadmaps.
  • Manage engineering teams and oversee technical delivery from design to operational handover.
  • Conduct threat modeling, architecture reviews, and security assessments across various platforms.
  • Define and implement DevSecOps strategies and security automation workflows.
  • Guide the design and security of AI solutions and MLOps platforms.
  • Manage project risks and stakeholder communications while balancing security and delivery timelines.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility in location.
  • Collaborative culture focused on technical excellence and mentorship.
  • Opportunities for continuous innovation and professional development.
  • Access to cutting-edge security frameworks and best practices.
  • Engagement with a team of security experts dedicated to customer success.
Full Job Description

Function

Cloud & Data Engineering

Job description

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Meet Our Team
  • Join a team of security experts and Forward Deployed Security Engineers dedicated to helping enterprise customers secure cloud, application, DevSecOps, and AI environments.
  • Work closely with customers, architects, and engineering leaders to design innovative security solutions that address complex business and technical challenges.
  • Be part of a collaborative culture that values technical excellence, customer success, mentorship, and continuous innovation.
  • Contribute to the development of reusable security frameworks, reference architectures, and best practices that drive measurable security outcomes.
What you'll be doing:
  • Lead customer security engagements and provide technical leadership across cloud security, DevSecOps, application security, and AI security initiatives.
  • Translate complex security challenges into scalable architectures, implementation roadmaps, and production-ready security controls.
  • Manage teams of engineers, oversee technical delivery, and drive successful outcomes from discovery and design through implementation, validation, and operational handover.
  • Conduct threat modeling, architecture reviews, and security assessments across cloud platforms, applications, APIs, and AI systems.
  • Define and implement DevSecOps strategies, security automation, CI/CD security controls, software supply chain protections, and remediation workflows.
  • Guide the design and security of AI solutions, including LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, AI agents, and MLOps platforms.
  • Manage project risks, dependencies, escalations, and stakeholder communications while balancing security, performance, delivery timelines, and customer requirements.

What you'll bring to the team:

  • 7+ years of cybersecurity experience with proven success leading engineering teams and delivering large-scale security programs.
  • Strong leadership experience mentoring engineers, reviewing technical work, and managing multiple security workstreams simultaneously.
  • Deep expertise in Cloud Security, including identity management, workload protection, container security, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and enterprise security architecture.
  • Proven experience implementing DevSecOps practices, CI/CD security controls, automated testing, software supply chain security, and remediation workflows.
  • Strong background in Application Security, including threat modeling, architecture reviews, security assessments, and API security.
  • Hands-on experience with AI Security, including LLMs, RAG, vector databases, AI agents, MLOps, model deployment, and model lifecycle management.
  • Knowledge of AI-specific threats and controls, including prompt injection, data leakage, insecure retrieval, excessive permissions, unsafe tool execution, monitoring, and security testing.
  • Excellent customer-facing communication skills with experience presenting to executives, architects, security leaders, and engineering teams.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; advanced cloud or security certifications (CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, GCP Security Engineer) are preferred.

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About Hitachi America

Hitachi America is a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., a Japanese multinational conglomerate. They provide a wide range of products and services, including information technology, power systems, and social infrastructure. They work with clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, transportation, and finance. They are committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and have implemented various initiatives to reduce their environmental impact.
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Size
368,247 employees
Industry
Founded
1959
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