Next-Link

Senior AI Security Engineer

Next-Link Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain

IT Services and IT Consulting · 201-500 employees

Oct 19
security Senior (5-10 yrs) Contractor Spain
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About the role

You will implement security controls and best practices across Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Agentic AI solutions. The role involves conducting threat modelling, security assessments, and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines within a complex enterprise environment.

What they look for

AI Security Cybersecurity Machine Learning Generative AI Agentic AI Threat Modelling Security Architecture Cloud Security IAM CI/CD Pipelines Risk Management Security Testing RAG Application Security Secrets Management

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, or a related field and possess proven experience in security engineering or architecture. Strong technical knowledge of AI/ML architectures and security risk management is essential for this role.

Full description

At NextLink, we are looking for an experienced Senior AI Security Engineer to join our team and collaborate on a cybersecurity project for one of our leading clients in the pharmaceutical industry.

You will support the implementation of Security for AI, embedding security controls and best practices across Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Agentic AI solutions.

This hands-on role combines AI Security Engineering, Security Architecture, and Risk Management in a complex enterprise environment.

Main Tasks

  • Translate AI security risks into practical controls, technical standards, and reusable architecture patterns.
  • Conduct security assessments, threat modelling, architecture reviews, and security testing for ML, GenAI, RAG, and Agentic AI solutions.
  • Integrate security controls into AI applications, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Define security requirements for AI models, data, agents, identities, integrations, monitoring, and incident readiness.
  • Collaborate with cybersecurity, engineering, architecture, AI platform, and business teams to ensure secure AI adoption.

Requirements

Mandatory

  • Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Proven experience in Security Engineering, Security Architecture, Application Security, Cloud Security, or Platform Security, with practical exposure to AI/ML security.
  • Strong understanding of ML, GenAI, RAG, and Agentic AI architectures, data flows, and security risks.
  • Hands-on experience with threat modelling, secure development, cloud security, IAM, secrets management, security testing, or CI/CD security controls.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Fluent professional English.

Desirable

  • Experience in AI security testing, AI engineering processes, or regulated industries.
  • Relevant cybersecurity/cloud security certifications.
  • German or Spanish language skills.

Location & Working Model

  • Hybrid preferred, with office attendance approximately once per week. Fully remote candidates will also be considered.

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