Security ML / AI Engineer, Senior

Toyota North America•Plano, TX

About The Position

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) Technology team is looking for a highly motivated person to fill a role as a Senior AI Security 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
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 (if applicable)
Paid holidays
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)