AI Security Architect at UKG
Salt Lake City, UT
$163,900–$235,550from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role within an application security architecture team, focused on defining how AI-enabled systems are designed, reviewed, and governed securely at enterprise scale. Day-to-day work spans researching AI and ML security risks, building reusable architecture patterns and tooling, leading threat modeling for AI features, and embedding AI-assisted capabilities into existing security review processes. Suited to someone with deep software engineering roots who has crossed into AI/ML development and security architecture.
Principal level · 12+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 190 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 40–280
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role sits at the intersection of AI/ML engineering and application security architecture, making SOC classification genuinely ambiguous. The primary day-to-day work is security analysis, threat modeling, and secure design review for AI systems (pointing to 15-1212), but the role also requires substantial hands-on software development (Python, Java, building harnesses and prototypes), which could support 15-1252. 15-1212 was chosen because security architecture and review is the stated primary mission; 15-1299 is noted as an alternative given the novel 'AI Security Architect' specialty.
The JD requires 12+ years of overall experience and 4+ years specifically in ML/AI or AI-enabled application development. The 4-year AI/ML figure is attached to a named domain rather than a single technology, so it is captured on the AI/ML systems skill entry.
GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex are listed together as interchangeable AI coding assistant examples in both the requirements and responsibilities sections; they are consolidated into one skill entry with alternatives.
Cloud platform requirement names Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure as interchangeable options ('such as'); consolidated into one skill with alternatives.
Certifications (CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP) are explicitly described as 'desirable' — listed as preferred.
RAG, vector databases, LLMs, CI/CD, and DevSecOps appear in responsibilities/context narrative rather than a hard-requirements block; marked as preferred.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent work experience,' so no minimum degree is hard-gated.
The posting is tagged #LI-remote, confirming fully remote eligibility.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): application security architecture.
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