Principal Solutions Architect, AI
TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro , empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk.
At TrendAI™, we’re always seeking exceptional talent; people who want to collaborate with the best and push boundaries together. Here, your work goes beyond building a career. You will help protect what matters and play a vital role in shaping a safer, more trustworthy AI-powered future.
AI Fearlessly.
Location: Remote, US
Position Summary:
TrendAI is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect, AI to serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for our full AI Security portfolio. This individual owns the technical narrative and architecture strategy across three pillars — AI Infrastructure Security, AI Application Security, and AI Public-Facing Application Security — and works cross-functionally with sales, the Solutions Engineering bench, product management, and customers to drive technical wins and shape our AI security positioning in the market.
This is a high-visibility, field-facing architecture role for someone equally comfortable in a whiteboard session with a CISO and a hands-on PoC with an AI/ML engineering team.
Responsibilities:
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Act as the primary technical SME for AI Security across the US SE organization, supporting strategic opportunities end-to-end.
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Architect and present solutions across the three AI security domains:
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AI Infrastructure Security — securing model training/serving pipelines, GPU and cloud AI workloads, MLOps toolchains, and the underlying compute/data infrastructure.
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AI Application Security — securing LLM-integrated applications, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows against risks such as prompt injection, data poisoning, model theft, and insecure plugin/tool use.
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AI Public Application Security — securing customer-facing AI applications and APIs (chatbots, copilots, public inference endpoints) against exposure, abuse, and data leakage.
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Lead technical discovery, solution architecture, and proof-of-concept (PoC) engagements for top AI security opportunities.
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Build and maintain reference architectures, demo environments, and reusable enablement content for the SE bench.
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Deliver executive and technical-depth presentations to CISOs, security architects, and AI/ML engineering leaders.
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Partner with Product Management to channel field and customer feedback into the AI security roadmap.
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Track the competitive AI security landscape and maintain up-to-date positioning and battlecards.
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Mentor and upskill SEs/SAs on AI security concepts, demo delivery, and objection handling.
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Represent TrendAI externally at industry events, webinars, and analyst briefings on AI security.
Qualifications:
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8+ years in security architecture, solutions engineering, or a related pre-sales/technical role.
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Strong working knowledge of AI/ML system architecture, including model training/serving infrastructure, MLOps pipelines, and cloud AI services (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, GCP Vertex AI, etc.).
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Hands-on understanding of LLM application security risks (e.g., OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications) — prompt injection, jailbreaks, data poisoning, model extraction/theft.
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Experience securing public-facing applications and APIs (API security, WAF, exposure management).
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Familiarity with cloud security posture management (CSPM), CNAPP, or equivalent cloud-native security tooling.
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Excellent executive presentation, communication, and technical storytelling skills.
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Experience with Trend Vision One or a comparable XDR/CNAPP platform.
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Security certifications (CISSP, GIAC, or cloud-specific security certifications).
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Experience designing and running technical PoC/demo environments for AI security use cases.
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Familiarity with a