Cyber Security Engineer - AI Expert

The world of payment processing is rapidly evolving, and businesses are looking for loyal and strategic partners, to help them grow.

Meet Nuvei, Nuvei is the global fintech building the infrastructure for every payment, everywhere. Its modular, flexible, and scalable technology enables leading companies to accept next-generation payments, offer all payout options, and benefit from card issuing, banking, risk, and fraud management services. Connecting businesses to their customers in more than 200 markets, with local acquiring in 52 markets, 150 currencies, and over 720 alternative payment methods, Nuvei provides the technology and insights for customers and partners to succeed locally and globally through one integration.

At Nuvei, we live our core values, and we thrive on solving complex problems. We’re dedicated to continually improving our product and providing relentless customer service.   We are always looking for exceptional talent to join us on the journey!

Your Mission

We’re looking for a motivated AI Security Engineer to join our Technical Security Operations team. You’ll help design and maintain security solutions, protect our digital assets, and continuously strengthen our security posture. You’ll work closely with the CISO and key stakeholders and report to the Technical Security Operations Manager.

Responsibilities 

• Lead security engineering activities for AI initiatives, including the design and implementation of secure AI Development Lifecycle (ADLC) controls, guardrails, and security tools that support safe AI adoption across the organization.
• Build, evaluate, and operationalize internal security tools that strengthen AI application security, prompt and agent governance, data protection, access control, monitoring, and compliance readiness.
• Drive the Corporate Harness project by integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines, improving secrets management, policy enforcement, vulnerability visibility, and secure deployment practices.
• Participate as a security representative in the AI Hub committee, providing clear technical security guidance, risk assessment, and practical approval criteria for AI use cases and internal AI capabilities.
• Define and maintain AI governance requirements, including acceptable use guardrails, data handling rules, model and agent security reviews, audit evidence, and alignment with enterprise security and compliance standards.
• Assess, test, and improve AI-related security controls across cloud, identity, data protection, application security, logging, and monitoring domains to reduce operational and regulatory risk.
• Identify emerging AI security threats, misuse scenarios, and governance gaps, and translate them into actionable controls, remediation plans, and secure implementation standards.
• Ensure security best practices and policies are embedded into AI systems, security tooling, development workflows, and automation platforms from design through production operation.

Qualifications:  

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, with deep expertise in multiple IT security domains.  
• Experience designing or contributing to an AI Development Lifecycle / AI SDLC / ADLC program.
• Experience reviewing or securing LLM-based applications, AI agents, copilots, Claude, chatbots, automation tools, or internal AI platforms.
• Familiarity with AI security frameworks such as OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, NIST AI RMF, or similar guidance.
• Experience building internal security tools, automation scripts, dashboards, approval workflows, or governance platforms.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Foundry, Entra ID, Azure security tools, or similar enterprise security platforms.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, infrastructure as code, or cloud-native security.

Proven expertise in the following areas:  

• Azure cloud products (Purview, Intune etc..) 
• Identity Providers  
• SIEM   
• Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Management  
• Directory Services (MS AgentID, Azure AD)  
• AI Vulnerability Assessment Solutions (VAS)  
• Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)  
• Strong experience securing AI on Windows, Linux, and macOS environments.
• Advanced knowledge of network security, protocols, and the ability to secure complex network environments.  
• Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell, along with proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).  
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks and certification programs (PCI-DSS, SOC II, ISO27001), with the ability to manage security audits and maintain compliance.  

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience with security design, threat modeling, and conduct security audits.  
• Familiarity with containerization and cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Docker).  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and a proactive approach to addressing complex security challenges 
• SOAR solutions.  

Nuvei is an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity, collaboration, and innovation. We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment and look forward to welcoming passionate professionals to our team. Join us on this exciting journey! 

Benefits: 

• Private Medical Insurance. 

• Hybrid working model (office and home). 

• Global bonus plan. 

• Volunteering programs. 

• Prime office location near the Tel Aviv train station. 

***Our recruitment process may use automated tools, including AI, to support application management and candidate shortlisting