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Every innovation creates new possibilities. At FIS, we build the technology that helps businesses and communities thrive. Join us and be part of a team that embraces curiosity, values diverse perspectives and turns ideas into action.\nAbout the role\nAs an Architect Principal, Cybersecurity, you will shape secure designs for artificial intelligence (AI) agents used in FIS products and internal tools. You will review new solutions, identify security risks and guide teams towards practical controls before launch. You will work with security, engineering, product, technology and risk teams to help FIS innovate while protecting clients, data and trust.\nYour key responsibilities\nDesign secure architectures and reference patterns for infrastructure, products and solutions that use AI agents.\nLead threat modelling and security design reviews for AI features, then recommend practical fixes before launch.\nReview how agents verify identity, access data and tools, gain approval for actions, and record activity.\nCreate clear security standards and reusable controls that engineering and product teams can adopt.\nTrack new AI threats and frameworks, and mentor cybersecurity architects and engineers.\nWhat you bring\nRequired qualifications\nAt least 10 years of cybersecurity experience, including work as a senior or principal architect designing secure systems for large, complex organisations.\nHands-on experience securing AI and large language model systems against risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, excess access and unsafe tool use.\nStrong knowledge of identity, access control, data protection, approval, monitoring and logging for AI agents.\nExperience with agent frameworks or protocols such as Model Context Protocol (MCP), LangChain or similar tools.\nAbility to create practical security patterns aligned with NIST AI Risk Management Framework, OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications and ISO/IEC 42001, plus a relevant certification such as CISSP, CCSP, SABSA or a cloud security architecture certification.\nPreferred qualifications\nExperience designing secure cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure, including identity federation, least-privilege access, network segmentation, secrets management and data protection.\nExperience in financial services or another highly regulated industry.\nKnowledge of AI laws and governance requirements, such as the EU AI Act, and experience turning them into practical design controls.\nThe impact you’ll make\nYou will join the Enterprise Security Architecture team, which reviews infrastructure, products and solutions before they are introduced across FIS. 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