AI Security Engineer

About Kinaxis
Are you looking to join an innovative, market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career? At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, we are serious about technology, we are serious about customers, and we are serious about not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story, then we might just be the place for you!
In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, 6 global office and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.
Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling our customers to make faster, better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today’s volatility and disruption. With more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries, we are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.
Location
Ottawa, Canada - Hybrid
Other Canadian locations - Remote
About The Role
The AI Security Engineer is a hands ‑ on security specialist responsible for designing, implementing, and operating security controls for AI ‑ enabled systems across Corporate IT and the Kinaxis Maestro SaaS ecosystem.
You will serve as a recognized subject matter expert in AI security defining AI security design considerations, risk assessment recommendations, and control implementation. In this role, you will act as an escalation point for complex AI security events and misuse scenarios, leads AI threat modeling and adversarial testing efforts, and drives measurable improvements in AI detection, prevention, and monitoring capabilities.
You will also contribute to the maturation of AI security frameworks, governance, and operational practices, and provide technical mentorship to teams building and operating AI ‑ enabled solutions.
Vacancy Status
This is an existing job vacancy
What you will do
Security Architecture & Control Design

• Design and implement end ‑ to ‑ end security guardrails across the AI lifecycle, including data ingestion, training, evaluation, deployment, and runtime monitoring.
• Develop secure ‑ by ‑ default patterns for AI enabled applications.
• Implement controls for agentic workflows, including tool permissioning, action constraints, auditability, and blast ‑ radius reduction.
• Define and enforce secure configuration baselines for AI services such as cloud AI platforms, model gateways, vector databases, and model runtimes

AI Threat Modeling & Risk Assessment

• Lead AI security design reviews, conduct threat modeling, and risk assessments for AI-enabled systems.
• Identify AI-specific risks and translate findings into prioritized mitigation plans, updated standards, and actionable engineering guidance.
• Monitor emerging AI threats, vulnerabilities, and research, incorporating relevant insights into security practices, documentation, and team enablement.

Red Teaming & Adversarial Testing

• Plan and execute targeted adversarial testing against AI enabled applications and workflows.
• Develop repeatable test cases to evaluate resistance against misuse, data leakage, and unsafe output.
• Partner with internal offensive security teams and external assessors to validate resilience before launch and during major changes.

AI Security Tooling, Telemetry & Monitoring

• Evaluate, deploy, and operate AI security controls.
• Define logging and telemetry requirements for AI enabled systems.
• Ensure AI security events are integrated into centralized monitoring and response workflows.

AI Security Governance & Collaboration

• Serve as a subject ‑ matter expert for AI security, advising product and engineering teams on secure design choices and risk trade-offs.
• Contribute to the evolution of AI security standards and governance practices.
• Collaborate with engineering leaders to embed AI security requirements into CI/CD and MLOps pipelines, aligned with secure SDLC practices.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex AI security investigations and abuse scenarios.

What we are looking for
Primary Skills And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 – 8 years of experience in security engineering, application security, cloud security, or security architecture, including hands ‑ on work securing production systems.
• Strong understanding of secure software development practices and modern cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated experience securing production AI-enabled systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical information.
• Strong analytical, communication, and prioritization skills in fast ‑ moving environments.
• Continuous learning
• Certifications
• Preferred: CISSP
• Desirable: CAISP, CSSLP, SABSA , Cloud Provider Security Certifications, NIST AI RMF Training or ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer

Role Specific Skills And Experience

• Deep understanding of LLMs, agents, RAG pipelines, model serving, and MLOps
• Strong grasp of AI-specific threats (prompt injection, jailbreaks, model inversion, poisoning, data leakage)
• Experience deploying AI security defenses (LLM firewalls, policy engines, input/output validation, DLP, monitoring)
• Experience building secure-by-design patterns and defense-in-depth for AI systems
• Ability to define telemetry, logging, and detection strategies for AI systems
• Ability to design and implement security controls across AI tools, platforms, and delivery pipelines
• Hands-on experience performing AI/ML threat modeling
• Ability to translate AI risks into actionable controls and engineering requirements
• Experience testing AI systems against adversarial attacks and abuse scenarios

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Work With Impact:
Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day, when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.
Work with Fortune 500 Brands:
Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Unilever, P&G, ExxonMobil, Cisco and more.
Social Responsibility at Kinaxis:
Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.
People matter at Kinaxis and here are some of the perks and benefits we offer, which may vary by location and employee:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs, training, and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

For more information, visit the Kinaxis website at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com .
Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education, experience, and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.