OverviewToyota Financial Services (TFS) Technology team is looking for a highly motivated person to fill a role as a
Senior Security AI/ML Engineer to help shape how the Cloud Security Centre of Excellence secures Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the business. You'll operate at the intersection of cloud security and AI - configuring detection and response tooling, reviewing AI solution architectures, and providing hands-on guidance to engineering, data science, and risk teams.
What you'll be doing- Configure, deploy, and maintain AI-driven detection and response capabilities across the enterprise security environment
- Monitor AI security tooling for anomalous behavior, false positives, and detection efficacy, tuning policies and rules to optimize performance
- Develop and refine detection policies, response playbooks, and automated workflows for AI-powered threat identification
- Conduct architecture reviews of AI and machine learning solutions proposed by engineering and data science teams, evaluating security posture and risk
- Provide security guidance and best practices to cross-functional teams adopting cloud-based AI services (e.g., model hosting, agent frameworks, inference APIs)
- Evaluate and recommend security controls for large language model deployments, including prompt injection mitigation, data leakage prevention, and model access governance
- Partner with cloud engineering teams to ensure AI workloads follow security baselines and comply with enterprise standards
- Develop and maintain AI security reference architectures, design patterns, and documentation for internal consumption
- Advise application development, data science, and risk/compliance teams on secure integration of AI capabilities into their workflows
- Contributes to the development of AI security policies, standards, and governance frameworks
- Perform risk assessments on third-party AI tools and services being evaluated for business adoption
- Championing a security-first mindset across the organization by delivering training, brown bags, and awareness sessions on AI security topics
- Make contributions to management and solve intermediate to complex business problems
What you bring- 4-6 years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, or security engineering
- Hands-on experience with cloud-based AI/ML services and platforms (e.g., model hosting, inference APIs, agent frameworks)
- Strong understanding of cloud security principles, architectures, and controls in enterprise environments
- Experience configuring and operationalizing security detection and response tooling
- Ability to conduct security architecture reviews and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Working knowledge of at least one major cloud platform with emphasis on security services and configurations
Added bonus if you have- Familiarity with AI/ML threat landscapes including prompt injection, data poisoning, model extraction, and adversarial attacks
- Experience developing security policies, standards, or reference documentation
- Self-motivated individual who thrives in ambiguous environments and can build processes from the ground up
- Experience performing risk assessments on third-party technologies and vendor solutions
- Fundamentals on emerging AI threats, adversarial techniques, and evolving security frameworks
What we'll bringDuring your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities.
A few highlights include:
• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools and more
• Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)
• Relocation assistance (if applicable)
