Director of AI Security Engineering at MetLife
Greenville, SC
$140,000–$210,000from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Greenville, SC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A director-level role within an enterprise security organization, focused on engineering and operationalizing controls that protect AI systems, vendor products, and their underlying infrastructure. The work spans hardening cloud and container environments, integrating security tooling into AI workflows, building detection and monitoring capabilities, and leading proof-of-concept evaluations of emerging AI security tools. The position involves managing a small team and collaborating closely with cloud, platform, and AI engineering groups.
Senior level · 5+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 180 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 50–270
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $143,559 (middle half $110,181–$179,574). 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 (7)
The title is 'Director of AI Engineering' but the role is primarily an AI/cloud security engineering role with a small team-lead component — the JD emphasizes hands-on security engineering far more than people management, so 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) is the primary SOC, with 15-1252 (Software Developers) as a plausible runner-up given the engineering depth required.
Advertised seniority is 'Director' which maps closest to Principal in the band schema, but the actual scope — leading a small team with 5+ years minimum experience — is consistent with a Senior-level role rather than a true org-wide Principal.
Location is listed as hybrid (3 days/week in office); MetLife's primary US headquarters is in New York, NY — CBSA assigned accordingly. No specific city is named in the posting.
Certifications (CCSP, SC-100, CKA/CKS, AI-900) are explicitly listed as 'a plus' under Preferred Qualifications.
MCP and A2A architecture awareness is called out as a required understanding but names no specific product or tool, so it was not emitted as a named skill.
Scripting/automation appears only under Preferred Qualifications ('ability to use scripting or automation') and is marked preferred accordingly.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): OWASP LLM Top 10.
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