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AI Security Engineer – Technical Lead

Census Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Posted: 19 May 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $80k - $120k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

We are looking for talented and ambitious professionals to join our Product Security Professional Services team and support our mission to deliver top-tier cybersecurity services and solutions. In this strategic role, you’ll leverage your expertise in the AI/ML Security domain to guide our clients towards secure and efficient strategies, architectures, and integrations, helping them achieve their cybersecurity goals.

As a Key Contributor, you will:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage a team of security engineers and consultants in projects that involve end-to-end system integrity and trustworthiness.
  • Design and assess architectures and implementations that ensure integrity across the entire system.
  • Handle and process secure data throughout the model lifecycle to prevent unauthorized access and data leakage.
  • Develop comprehensive security solutions that securely incorporate AI within the broader product ecosystem, aligning with client requirements and regulatory standards.

Your Day-to-day Duties Will Include:

  • Creating, reviewing, and expanding secure AI architectures and solutions on cloud/backend and edge systems.
  • Assisting in collecting, translating, and fine-tuning the security requirements of AI-powered solutions.
  • Researching and proposing technologies that satisfy the client’s established requirements.
  • Evaluating product security designs, documenting missing security controls, and proposing security improvements.
  • Conducting security posture assessments through various methodologies and aligning output implementation with security architecture and requirements.
  • Documenting and presenting product security risks in both technical and business-oriented language.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • MSc or BSc in Computer Science, Information Security, AI/ML, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in Cybersecurity with at least 3+ years specifically in AI security, machine learning engineering, or secure software architecture for AI/ML powered solutions.
  • Proven experience of 2+ years in designing and implementing trustworthy and secure AI solutions within complex environments.
  • Proficient in English with excellent communication skills.

Required Skills:

  • In-depth understanding of AI/ML security, including adversarial machine learning, data integrity, and model robustness.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Scala, or C++, and familiarity with AI/ML libraries and frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn).
  • Extensive experience producing and reviewing platform security architecture.
  • Experience with threat modeling, secure data management, and privacy-preserving techniques specific to AI.
  • Hands-on experience securing AI/ML deployments on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

Nice-to-have Skills:

  • Familiarity with frameworks for deploying AI at the edge, such as TensorFlow Lite and PyTorch Mobile.
  • Understanding hardware accelerators like GPUs and TPUs for edge devices.
  • Familiarity with deploying and monitoring AI models on edge devices, and a strong background in confidential computing and virtualization technologies.
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About Census

Census is an independent, privately funded and internationally acclaimed Cybersecurity services provider. We support the needs of multiple industries, providing IT and OT security services to public and private organizations around the world, including international financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies. Powered by cutting edge research, scientific analysis and real-world engineering, CENSUS delivers unparalleled security assessment services for software, devices, infrastructure, and organizations. Through assessment services that cover all aspects of product development we enable clients to meet the requirements of planned product releases. Through focused consultancy services we help clients in their cybersecurity maturity journey, improving their cyber resilience and protecting their digital investments. CENSUS is committed to the highest standards of service delivery and operations. We are an ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and CREST certified company, while our engineering team holds Offensive Security, CREST, GCIH, CEH, ISACA Cobit5 and ISO 27001 & 9001 auditor certifications. We constantly strive for technical excellence in our work and high-quality deliverables, to best support the complex needs of those that define the Digital Now.