Manager: ai security engineer

Tangent • South-Africa, gauteng • Posted June 29, 2026

Position Overview

Job Purpose

The Manager: AI Security Engineer is responsible for designing, building, implementing, and operating security controls that protect the organization’s Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Large Language Model (LLM) platforms and applications.

This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on developing and integrating AI security technologies, including policy engines, AI guardrails, input and output filtering, AI firewalls, secure API gateways, and AI security automation. The role translates findings from security architecture, threat modelling, and security assurance activities into technical security controls that strengthen the AI environment.

Working closely with AI Engineering, Information Security, Cloud Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Product Teams, Data Science, and AI Security Assurance teams, the role embeds security into AI platforms and delivery pipelines using secure‑by‑design and Dev Sec Ops principles.

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