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Senior Engineer - GenAI Security

Bank of America

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Job overview

The Senior Engineer - GenAI Security defines and leads engineering approaches for complex features and end-to-end solution delivery. Within Global Markets GenAI Technology, the role designs and implements security architecture for a generative AI platform, including identity and access controls, secure API patterns, guardrails, threat modeling, and RAG and data security controls. The team builds a platform using proprietary and open-source language models and large structured and unstructured datasets.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CybersecuritySecurity ArchitecturePlatform Security EngineeringIdentity and Access ManagementOAuth2MTLSAPI SecurityGateway EnforcementZero-Trust DesignThreat ModelingRisk AssessmentDistributed PlatformsCloud-Native PlatformsMulti-Tenant SystemsData Access ControlsData ProtectionEncryptionAccess ControlAuditabilityLoggingCompliance FrameworksObservabilityDetection EngineeringSIEMAnomaly DetectionApplication Architecture SecurityGenAI SecurityAI/ML SecurityPrompt Injection DefenseAdversarial Attack DefenseData Leakage PreventionModel Misuse Risk ManagementGuardrailsSafety Evaluation FrameworksRAG SecurityVector DatabasesRetrieval PipelinesAgent-Based Systems SecurityMulti-Agent Systems SecurityFinancial Services

Qualifications

8+ Years Cybersecurity ExperienceBachelor's Degree or Equivalent Professional ExperienceOWASP LLM Security RisksAgentic Security RisksModel GovernanceModel LineageCompliance MetadataMust Be 18+

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Senior Engineer - GenAI Security

New York, New York;Pennington, New Jersey; Jersey City, New Jersey; Charlotte, North Carolina

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Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

This job is responsible for defining and leading the engineering approach for complex features to deliver significant business outcomes. Key responsibilities of the job include delivering complex features and technology, enabling development efficiencies, providing technical thought leadership based on conducting multiple software implementations, and applying both depth and breadth in a number of technical competencies. Additionally, this job is accountable for end-to-end solution design and delivery.

Job Profile Summary:

Global Markets GenAI Technology is a fast-growing global team with locations in New York City, Charlotte, London, and India. Generative AI presents an exciting opportunity to derive valuable insights from data and drive revenue growth, efficiencies, and improved business processes. Global Markets GenAI Technology will collaborate with Global Markets Sales & Trading, Quantitative Strategies & Data Group (QSDG) & Platform teams to the design and buildout global generative AI platform.

The platform will cater to a rapidly growing number of use cases that harness the power of Generative AI. Both proprietary and open-source Large Language Models, and large structured and un-structured data sets will be leveraged to produce insights for Global Markets and its clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensures that the design and engineering approach for complex features are consistent with the larger portfolio solution

  • Define the technology tool stack for the solution and evaluate and adapt new testing tool/framework/practices for team(s)

  • Enables team(s)/applications with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) capabilities and engages with other technical stakeholders pertaining to efficient functioning of CI-CD pipeline

  • Guides and influences team(s) on design and best practices for high code performance –e.g. pairing, code reviews

  • Provides end-to-end delivery of complex features, including automation, for either a single team or multiple teams, at the program level

  • Conducts research, design prototyping and other exploration activities such as evaluating new toolsets and components for release management, CI/CD, and features

  • Works with stakeholders to establish high-level solution needs and with architects for technical requirements

  • Define and implement the security architecture for the GenAI platform

  • Design and enforce identity and access control models

  • Establish secure API and tool invocation patterns

  • Define and implement AI guardrails and safety controls

  • Lead threat modeling and risk assessment for GenAI systems

  • Design and enforce RAG and data security controls

Required Qualifications:

  • 8+ years in cybersecurity, security architecture, or platform security engineering

  • Strong expertise in:

  • Identity and access management (IAM), OAuth2, mTLS

  • API security, gateway enforcement, and zero-trust design

  • Threat modeling and risk assessment

  • Proven experience designing and securing:

  • Distributed, cloud-native platforms

  • Multi-tenant systems with strict data access controls

  • Strong understanding of:

  • Data protection, encryption, and access control principles

  • Auditability, logging, and compliance frameworks

  • Familiarity with:

  • Observability and detection engineering (SIEM, anomaly detection)

  • Attack vectors and security risks in modern application architectures

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with GenAI / AI/ML security, including:

  • Prompt injection and adversarial attacks

  • Data leakage and model misuse risks

  • Guardrails and safety evaluation frameworks

  • Experience securing:

  • RAG architectures, vector databases, and retrieval pipelines

  • Agent-based or multi-agent systems

  • Experience in regulated environments (financial services strongly preferred)

  • Familiarity with:

  • OWASP LLM / agentic security risks

  • Model governance, lineage, and compliance metadata

Skills:

  • Automation

  • Influence

  • Result Orientation

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Technical Strategy Development

  • Application Development

  • Architecture

  • Business Acumen

  • Risk Management

  • Solution Design

  • Agile Practices

  • Analytical Thinking

  • Collaboration

  • Data Management

  • Solution Delivery Process

Minimum Education Requirements: Bachelor Degree or Equivalent Professional Experience

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

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How this job compares

Set against the 3,938 open Security Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • New Jersey median$121–204K/yr75 salary ranges
  • US median$67–80/hr62 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 84 open Security Engineer jobs in New Jersey and 3,938 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Security Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,405 postings).
Education
1,532 of the 3,938 open Security Engineer jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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