Security Engineer IV - US

Rackspace Technology operates enterprise AI infrastructure, applications, data, and cyber resilience solutions for regulated and mission-critical environments. The Security Engineer IV will own complex security initiatives, including AI/LLM security programs, set technical direction, mentor engineers, lead incident investigations, and manage security reviews, compliance, and risk-assessment processes.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and own end-to-end delivery of complex security initiatives, including AI/LLM security programs, spanning multiple domains
• Lead design reviews and set technical direction for own area; mentor junior/mid security engineers
• Lead investigations into complex incidents and root-cause analysis within own domain
• Own security review processes for AI vendor tools and APIs (e.g., Gemini, Vertex AI) within assigned scope
• Contribute to and help enforce compliance-audit and risk-assessment standards for the team
• Participate in the on-call/escalation rotation for security incidents

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 6–9 years of experience in security, with significant project ownership
• 4–6 years hands-on architecting security controls and leading risk assessments
• 1+ year informally mentoring engineers or leading design reviews
• Advanced expertise in compliance regulations, IT risk management, and GRC; independently designs security controls and audit processes for new domains
• Deep understanding of cloud security architecture; independently investigates complex incidents (intrusion, fraud, leaks)
• Deep understanding of AI security threat models; independently designs security review processes for AI vendor tools/APIs and governs access controls for agentic AI tools
• Mentors mid-level and junior security engineers on investigative and AI-security practices
• Advanced security certification (CISSP, CISM, or similar)
• Deep experience securing AI vendor tools/APIs (Gemini, Vertex AI) in a regulated environment