AI Security Engineer

Why work for us?

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it's about investing in a brighter future together.

Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:

Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!

The AI & Automation Security Engineer is a hands‑on role for engineers passionate about both AI and cybersecurity. This position has a dual focus: first, securing business AI systems including AI‑enabled applications, LLM models, agents, and supporting platforms across their full lifecycle. Second, leveraging AI and automation to transform and scale the security function, through risk‑based vulnerability management, alert enrichment, workflow orchestration, and CI/CD checks.

Whether your background is in security engineering with AI experience or as an AI engineer eager to deepen your security expertise, you will collaborate across teams, applying and expanding your skills to deliver robust, production‑ready protections and innovative security solutions at scale, with an emphasis on business impact and responsible practices.

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
• Generous Holiday policies
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen

• Solid grasp of security engineering fundamentals and familiar with common attack vectors and defence techniques.
• Proven ability to build and deploy automation using code, APIs, and orchestration tools (e.g., Python, workflow engines, SOAR platforms).
• Practical experience with AI/LLM systems and automation, including prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), function‑calling, or agent‑based tools.
• Skilled at integrating security logs, AI models, and platform components into cohesive pipelines.
• Effective communicator and collaborator, able to prioritise security risks based on business impact.
• Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and adaptability in fast‑paced, evolving environments.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders across infrastructure, engineering and risk to translate AI risks into actionable controls and standards.
• Leading design reviews, threat modelling and targeted implementation for critical AI initiatives

• Experience with vulnerability management or risk‑based threat prioritisation.
• Knowledge of securing AI agents or agentic workflows, including scoped permissions and approval processes.
• Able to identify and put guardrails to prevent AI‑specific security risks such as prompt injection, model hijacking, data leakage from LLM outputs, or configuration drift caused by AI assistants.
• Ability to automate response workflows, enrich incident data, and assist with triage.
• Awareness of frameworks like NIST AI RMF, OWASP for GenAI, or MITRE ATLAS.
• Mentor security engineers on AI‑related security challenges based on existing and emerging AI risk.

• No

• Mentoring
• Leadership development programs
• Regular training
• Career development services
• Continuing education courses

You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.

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