# Distinguished Engineer - AI Security

DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER, AI TOOLING & SECURITY Why This Role Matters This role will help define and secure the future of AI at Citizens. The Distinguished Engineer, AI Tooling & Security will shape enterprise engineering practices, accelerate responsible AI adoption, and ensure that AI driven capabilities are developed, deployed, and operated securely at scale while enabling innovation and business growth. Role Summary Citizens is seeking a highly accomplished Distinguished Engineer, AI Tooling & Security to drive the design, engineering, and security of AI powered platforms and applications across the enterprise. This role combines deep software engineering expertise with advanced security knowledge to ensure AI solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with business objectives. As a Distinguished Engineer, you will serve as a hands on technical leader and peer mentor, partnering with engineering, architecture, security, data, and business teams to shape the future of AI adoption at Citizens. You will lead the development of innovative solutions, establish engineering standards, influence strategic technology decisions, and advance secure AI capabilities across the org

- **Id**: 320741
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/citizens-financial-group-distinguished-engineer-ai-security>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johnston, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-20T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-07-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-31T16:08:18Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-10-31T16:08:18Z
- **Days open**: 103
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6442
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Flexible schedule, Parental leave, Retirement plans, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Commercial & Retail Banks, Wealth Management & Financial Advisors

## Company

- **Id**: 65747
- **Name**: Citizens Financial Group
- **Domain**: citizensbank.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/citizens-financial-group>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 29
- **Ghost share**: 0.034
- **Stale share**: 0.448
- **Repost share**: 0.138
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 3
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 175000
- **Max**: 250000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 250000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Bash** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CircleCI** — Optional: no
- **GitHub** — Optional: no
- **GitHub Actions** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Threat Modeling** — Optional: no
- **Tokenization** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 103

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T16:33:46Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-31T16:08:18Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 180 · green card filings: 75; Filings 12m: 180

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 250000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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