Ares Management · 14 hours ago
Vice President, Cybersecurity Engineer - AI Security
Washington, DC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$250K/yr - $270K/yr
8+ years expAres Management is a leading firm driven by core values and a commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment. They are seeking a Vice President, Cybersecurity Engineer to lead the design and implementation of their AI Security Program, ensuring secure and responsible AI adoption across the organization.
FinanceProperty & Casualty InsuranceProfessional ServicesAsset ManagementBusiness DevelopmentCreditFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain an AI security strategy and control framework that is transparent, practical, and accessible to teams across the organization
Partner with Data Science, ML Engineering, Platform Engineering, Architecture, Legal, and Risk teams to build secure patterns for LLMs, model pipelines, vector databases, and AI‑integrated applications
Implement safeguards against AI‑specific risks such as prompt injection, data exposure, model exfiltration, misalignment, and unsafe output behaviors
Contribute to policies and guidelines that promote safe and ethical AI usage
Build secure-by-default tooling, templates, middleware, and reference architectures that make secure AI development easier for teams
Contribute to broader security engineering initiatives across cloud, application, and platform domains
Integrate AI safety and security controls into CI/CD pipelines and production environments
Work with engineering teams to implement identity, data protection, and workload isolation controls for AI systems
Facilitate inclusive, collaborative threat modeling sessions for AI/ML systems, encouraging contributions from technical and non-technical stakeholders
Support governance efforts using frameworks such as NIST AI RMF and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs
Help teams understand AI risks in clear, actionable language and integrate controls into their workflows
Implement monitoring for AI behavior, model integrity, data access, and user interaction patterns
Develop dashboards and key metrics that help teams understand the health, safety, and security of AI systems
Partner with Cyber Platform Engineering and Security Operations to build incident response playbooks for AI‑related events (e.g., data contamination, prompt‑based attacks, anomalous model outputs)
Serve as an approachable and trusted partner for engineering, data, product, and risk teams
Provide guidance in a supportive, inclusive manner, meeting teams where they are
Help build a culture of safe and responsible AI use through documentation, education, workshops, and community of practice efforts
Create paved roads and reusable assets that reduce friction for teams adopting secure AI technologies
Qualification
Required
Significant experience in Cybersecurity (typically 8+ years), with significant hands-on experience in Security Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Security, or Applied Cryptography OR equivalent practical expertise gained through nontraditional paths
Hands-on experience with: Cloud platforms (Azure preferred), Kubernetes and containerized workloads, Network and identity security (e.g., OIDC, workload identity), CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code, Application security tooling (SAST/SCA/DAST, secret scanning, dependency security)
Strong understanding of: LLM architectures and inference patterns, ML pipelines, model registries, and feature stores, AI-specific threats (e.g., prompt injection, data leakage, model poisoning, supply chain attacks)
Scripting or programming in Python, TypeScript, or similar
Experience influencing technical decision-makers and driving cross-team initiatives
Clear communicator who can translate risk into engineering work
Preferred
Experience with AI/ML platforms such as Azure ML, Databricks, SageMaker, or similar
Exposure to AI security or responsible AI frameworks
Experience securing data pipelines, model registries, or vector stores
Experience building developer tooling or platform guardrails
Benefits
Comprehensive Medical/Rx
Dental and Vision plans
401(k) program with company match
Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)
Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution
Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance
Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit
Access to a world-class medical advisory team
A mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry
A mindfulness and wellbeing app
Financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor
New parent leave
Reproductive and adoption assistance
Emergency backup care
Matching gift program
Education sponsorship program
Company
Ares Management
Ares Management is an alternative asset manager focusing on credit, private equity, and real estate.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.4B2025-10-29Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2025-01-09Post Ipo Equity· $2.3B
2024-10-09Post Ipo Debt· $750M
Leadership Team
Michael Arougheti
Director, Co-Founder & Current CEO
Antony Ressler
Co-Founder, Director and Executive Chairman
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