AI Security Control Developer/Site Reliability Engineer (Global Security)

Royal Bank of Canada View all jobs

Vancouver, BC
Permanent
Full-time

8 days ago

Job DescriptionWhat is the opportunity?As an AI Security Control Developer/Site Reliability Engineer (Global Security) on the AI Security team, you will build, operate, and continuously validate the security controls that protect RBC's enterprise AI ecosystem — spanning hundreds of AI agents, MCP servers, gateways, and agentic workflows.Applying site reliability engineering principles, you will design and implement detective and preventative controls, metrics, alerting, and automated response mechanisms to ensure AI security boundaries operate reliably 24/7. You will be on-call on a rotating basis, ensuring security control reliability around the clock — accelerating regulatory readiness and setting new standards for AI security operational excellence.What will you do?

Design, develop, and maintain detective and preventative controls to detect policy violations, unauthorized activity, and risky agent behavior at runtime using gateway logs and platform telemetry as data sources
Apply SRE principles (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets) to AI security controls, designing and implementing the alerting architecture, escalation paths, triage runbooks, and self-healing mechanisms to ensure 24/7 operational resilience
Build comprehensive metrics dashboards and alerting for control health, detection accuracy (true/false positive rates), and coverage
Build and maintain automated testing pipelines for continuous validation of LLM Gateway controls (data masking, sensitive information detection, prompt injection prevention) using synthetic test data and known attack pattern libraries
Build strong partnerships and collaboration with AI platform teams, MLOps, DevOps, IAM, and Security Architecture to define and integrate security controls

What do you need to succeed?Must-have

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field
5+ years of software engineering or SRE experience with strong, production-level Python proficiency
Experience building containerized services using Kubernetes or OpenShift
Experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA) or policy-as-code frameworks
Experience with SRE practices including SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, observability, alerting, incident response, and on-call rotations
Experience defining and implementing infrastructure and application pipelines
Ability to deliver robust, production-ready AI security solutions and platforms, drive continuous improvement, advocate for safety and privacy-by-design, and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders
Excellent organizational, communication, interpersonal, and motivational skills in achieving business objectives

Nice-to-haveExperience building detection and response systems, SIEM/SOAR integrations, or security operations tooling

Experience with API design
Stay up to date with new and evolving AI security threats and mechanisms for defending against those threats
Experience with dual-cloud or hybrid environments, advanced security tooling (SAST/DAST, Vault/KMS), and modern observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)
Experience building YAML/configuration management at scale

What’s in it for you?We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
Flexible work/life balance options
Opportunities to do challenging work
Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
Access to a variety of job opportunities across business

#LI-POST#TechPJJob Skills AI Security, API Integration, Collaboration, Decision Making, DevOps, DevOps Engineering, End-to-End Testing, Information Technology Security, IT Systems Integration, Python (Programming Language), Secure Deployment, Security Controls, Security Solutions, Site Reliability Engineering, Software DevelopmentAdditional Job DetailsAddress: 745 THURLOW ST:VANCOUVERCity: VancouverCountry: CanadaWork hours/week: 37.5Employment Type: Full timePlatform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type: RegularPay Type: SalariedPosted Date: 2026-04-07Application Deadline: 2026-05-07Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date aboveOur Employment OpportunitiesAt RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.Join our Talent CommunityStay in-the-know about great career opportunities at RBC. Sign up and get customized info on our latest jobs, career tips and Recruitment events that matter to you.Expand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at .RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.

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