Lead AI Security Engineer, AI Identities

Mastercard
Pune
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: CybersecuritySkills: ["Analytical skills","Communication skills","Advisory/enablement","Risk translation"]

Secure AI system identities across models, agents, services, pipelines, and non-human actors. Lead efforts to discover and inventory AI identities, define lifecycle controls (creation to decommissioning), enforce least-privilege access via IAM-aligned policy controls, and continuously monitor for anomalous or risky behavior. Validate and assess identity security controls, support governance against NIST/ISO guidance, and provide reporting, documentation, and enablement to engineering and platform teams.

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Mastercard
Mastercard
1 month ago

Lead AI Security Engineer, AI Identities

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Job Summary

Secure AI system identities across models, agents, services, pipelines, and non-human actors. Lead efforts to discover and inventory AI identities, define lifecycle controls (creation to decommissioning), enforce least-privilege access via IAM-aligned policy controls, and continuously monitor for anomalous or risky behavior. Validate and assess identity security controls, support governance against NIST/ISO guidance, and provide reporting, documentation, and enablement to engineering and platform teams.
Location: Pune
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and operate mechanisms to discover and inventory AI identities, including models, agents, service accounts, API principals, and dynamically created identities.
  • •Maintain authoritative visibility into where AI identities exist, what they can access, and how they’re used across environments, integrating with AI security posture management capabilities.
  • •Define and operationalize lifecycle controls for AI identities (creation, modification, rotation, suspension, decommissioning) with strong provenance and accountability.
  • •Design and enforce least-privilege access models for AI identities using IAM-aligned policy-based authorization (RBAC/ABAC/context-aware) and ensure secure credential/key/token handling.
  • •Implement continuous monitoring, detect/investigate identity-based risks, conduct security assessments and control validation, and provide reports, metrics, and documentation for audits and governance forums.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field.
  • •Strong experience in identity and access management, security engineering, or security operations with exposure to AI or highly automated systems.
  • •Expertise in least-privilege identity/security approaches such as Zero Trust Architecture and cryptographic identities, including delegated authority and short-lived credentialing concepts.
  • •Practical experience securing non-human identities, service accounts, APIs, or machine-to-machine access.
  • •Ability to design, assess, and operationalize identity controls at scale; security certifications such as CISSP or GIAC are desirable.
Experience:AI securityIdentity and access management (IAM)Security operationsCybersecurityNon-human identityAI agents
Education:
Skills:Analytical skillsCommunication skillsAdvisory/enablementRisk translation
Certifications:CISSPGIACCIAM/IAM-related certificationsCloud security certifications
Tech Stack:AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM)NISTISOLeast Agency frameworksZero Trust ArchitectureDelegated Authority ManagementCryptographic IdentitiesShort Lived CredentialingIAMRBACABAC

Company Brief

Mastercard
Mastercard is a global payments and technology company that processes transactions, provides fraud prevention and data services, and builds payment infrastructure for consumers, businesses, merchants and governments across 200+ countries.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Purchase, New York, United States
Founded: 1966
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