Hybrid AI Security Architect

at Factorial

• Job title: AI Security Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: €9,000 per month
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Kubernetes, SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Ghent, Belgium

About the role

• AI Security Architect defining security-by-design strategy for a security-first AI platform. Establishing secure foundations and driving integration of advanced data protection techniques in the product.

Responsibilities

• Establish secure foundations for a Kubernetes-based AI platform together with the platform architecture team.
• Design and maintain the cloud native security reference architecture, including: Pod security standards.
• IAM, RBAC, and multi-tenancy setup.
• Network isolation, zero-trust communication, and secret management.
• Secure software supply chain (SBOMs, signing, provenance, verification).
• Define and enforce security controls for container workloads, operators, and extensions.
• Collaborate with platform engineers on secure CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code policies.
• Define and guide the company’s threat-modeling and security design-review framework, partnering with engineers to identify and mitigate risks early in design.
• Partner with the GRC team to align design with NIS2, CRA, ISO 27001, and AI Act requirements.
• Drive integration of Confidential Computing, FHE, and ZKP-based data protection features.
• Contribute to internal security culture, training, and design-review practices.

Requirements

• Solid experience in security architecture, infrastructure security, or platform engineering roles.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals (control plane, admission controllers, namespaces, operators).
• Expertise in cloud-native security and technological solution landscape.
• Strong understanding of IAM, RBAC, and network segmentation.
• Experience with secure SDLC, software supply-chain security, and security reviews.
• Familiarity with Confidential Compute, FHE, or ZKP concepts and technologies is considered a plus.
• Knowledge of the security landscape around generative AI and agentic applications, especially their specific vulnerabilities and corresponding mitigating measures is considered a plus.

Benefits

• Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
• We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.
• Enjoy a hybrid work environment.
• We also offer a flexible schedule.
• We offer a remuneration that values your experience.