Network Security Engineer

AI Cyber Architect

About Us 

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience in the United States (U.S.) across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers, including the top five national health plans, regional health plans, TPAs and millions of healthcare providers and consumers across our platform of solutions. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts – driving real, measurable results for clients.

Why We Do What We Do 

In the U.S., consumers, payers, and providers face significant challenges throughout the healthcare financial journey. Zelis helps streamline the process by offering solutions that improve transparency, efficiency, and communication among all parties involved. By addressing the obstacles that patients face in accessing care, navigating the intricacies of insurance claims, and the logistical challenges healthcare providers encounter with processing payments, Zelis aims to create a more seamless and effective healthcare financial system.

Zelis India plays a crucial role in this mission by supporting various initiatives that enhance the healthcare financial experience. The local team contributes to the development and implementation of innovative solutions, ensuring that technology and processes are optimized for efficiency and effectiveness. Beyond operational expertise, Zelis India cultivates a collaborative work culture, leadership development, and global exposure, creating a dynamic environment for professional growth. With hybrid work flexibility, comprehensive healthcare benefits, financial wellness programs, and cultural celebrations, we foster a holistic workplace experience. Additionally, the team plays a vital role in maintaining high standards of service delivery and contributes to Zelis’ award-winning culture. 

Position Overview

The AI Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing security frameworks and requirements to enable the secure use of AI and related infrastructure. This role ensures AI technologies are developed and deployed securely, ethically, and in compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements. This role will be part of cybersecurity organization with a matrix line to the AI team

Key Responsibilities

·       Develop secure-by-design architectures for AI/ML platforms, including data ingestion, model training, model deployment, and inference layers.

·       Define reference security architectures, patterns, and guardrails for secure AI development.

·       Identify threats unique to AI systems—model inversion, poisoning, evasion attacks, data leakage, prompt injection, etc. Evaluate emerging AI security threats, tools, and best practices.

·       Lead AI-specific risk assessments and security design reviews.

·       Work with red teams to validate model robustness against adversarial attacks.

·       Establish security policies for ethical AI use. Ensure compliance with enterprise, industry, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST AI RMF, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2, ISO 42001).

·       Partner with data science, platform engineering, cloud security, product, and compliance teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years in cybersecurity architecture or engineering roles.

• Strong knowledge of modern AI/ML architectures, pipelines, and tooling. Experience with LLM security, prompt safety testing, or generative AI governance.

• Understanding of AI based attacks and threats.

• Strong knowledge of data protection and controls required to protect data.

• Knowledge of creating and communicating cybersecurity risks both in technical and non-technical manner.

• Experience working in AI/ML or data engineering environments.

• Proven track record designing enterprise security frameworks or architecture patterns.

• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Leadership skills to guide engineering teams and influence organizational policy.

• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks specific to healthcare or finance (HIPAA, PCI, etc.)

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

At Zelis, we champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our operations. We embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at Zelis, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Zelis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Accessibility Support

We are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation with any part of the application and/or interview process, please email talentacquisition@zelis.com.

Experience Level

Senior Level