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Senior Principal Engineer - AI Cyber Defense

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Bangalore, India
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FC Global Services India LLP (First Citizens India), a part of First Citizens BancShares, Inc., a top 20 U.S. financial institution, is a global capability center (GCC) based in Bengaluru. Our India-based teams benefit from the company’s over 125-year legacy of strength and stability. First Citizens India is responsible for delivering value and managing risks for our lines of business. We are particularly proud of our strong, relationship-driven culture and our long-term approach, which are deeply ingrained in our talented workforce. This is evident across all key areas of our operations, including Technology, Enterprise Operations, Finance, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and Credit Administration. We are seeking talented individuals to join us in our mission of providing solutions fit for our clients’ greatest ambitions.

Job Description:

Value Proposition

Be part of a forward-looking cybersecurity team leveraging AI and machine learning to enable intelligent threat prevention, proactive protection, and predictive defense across enterprise environments.

Job Details:

Position Title: Senior Principal Cyber AI Expert – P5 Career Level: Senior Principal - AI Cyber Security Engineer Job Category: Associate Director Role Type: Hybrid Job Location: Bangalore

About the Team:

The Cybersecurity Analytics and Engineering team focuses on leveraging enterprise telemetry, advanced analytics, and AI/ML capabilities to build intelligent, proactive security systems. The team works closely with SOC, Perimeter Defense, and Threat Intelligence teams to deliver end-to-end security lifecycle capabilities spanning prevention, protection, detection, and response, while maximizing the value of existing security platforms.

Impact:

This strategic role will drive the adoption and optimization of AI/ML-powered security capabilities by leveraging both built-in AI features within existing tools and custom-developed models. The role will improve threat prevention, protection, and detection, enable predictive insights, and defend against AI-driven cyber threats, significantly enhancing enterprise cyber resilience and operational efficiency.

Key Deliverables (Duties and Responsibilities)

  • Design and develop AI/ML models for cybersecurity use cases including anomaly detection, threat prediction, and behavioral analytics.
  • Leverage AI/ML capabilities embedded within existing security tools (SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR, firewalls, DLP, etc.) to maximize detection, prevention, and protection outcomes.
  • Identify and enable additional AI modules, plugins, or advanced features within security platforms to enhance capabilities.
  • Drive proactive threat prevention by identifying attack patterns, early signals, and adversary behaviors using predictive analytics.
  • Build AI-driven protection mechanisms such as automated blocking, adaptive controls, and risk-based access enforcement.
  • Strengthen defenses against AI-driven cyber threats including automated attacks, deepfake-based fraud, adversarial AI, and model evasion techniques.
  • Improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives through model tuning, correlation, and intelligent enrichment.
  • Integrate AI capabilities with SIEM, SOAR, XDR, and perimeter/security platforms for real-time, automated protection and response.
  • Develop intelligent automation workflows to reduce response time and enable self-healing security operations.
  • Collaborate with SOC and engineering teams to operationalize AI-driven prevention and protection use cases.
  • Perform data engineering and feature engineering to enable high-quality model training and analytics.
  • Continuously enhance models using feedback loops, adversarial testing, and threat intelligence inputs.
  • Ensure governance, explain ability, and responsible use of AI in cybersecurity.
  • Maintain documentation including models, integrations, playbooks, and performance metrics.

Skills and Qualification (Functional and Technical Skills)

Functional Skills:

  • Strong expertise in applying AI/ML across prevention, protection, detection, and response domains.
  • Ability to maximize value from existing security toolsets by leveraging embedded AI capabilities.
  • Strong understanding of emerging AI-driven threats and mitigation strategies.
  • Excellent analytical mindset with focus on data-driven and AI-assisted decision-making.
  • Strong collaboration skills across SOC, engineering, and threat intelligence teams.

Technical/Business Skills:

  • 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with strong exposure to AI/ML applications.
  • Hands-on experience with machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn).
  • Strong programming skills in Python, data engineering, and model development.
  • Experience with SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR, and modern security platforms with embedded AI capabilities.
  • Knowledge of advanced analytics techniques (anomaly detection, classification, clustering, NLP).
  • Strong understanding of network, endpoint, identity, and perimeter security domains.
  • Experience predictive and preventive security models and controls.
  • Familiarity with UEBA and behavioral analytics tools.
  • Knowledge of MLOps practices, model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
  • Understanding of adversarial AI risks (evasion, poisoning, model bypass) and mitigation techniques.
  • Experience with automation frameworks, APIs, and platform integrations.

Leadership Qualities

  • Acts as a thought leader in AI-driven cybersecurity, especially in prevention and protection domains.
  • Demonstrates ownership in building intelligent, scalable security capabilities.
  • Drives innovation by combining existing tool capabilities with custom AI enhancements.
  • Mentors teams on AI/ML adoption and best practices in cybersecurity.
  • Proactively evaluates emerging AI threats and defensive strategies.

Relationships & Collaboration

  • Collaborates with SOC, Perimeter Security, Threat Intelligence, and Data Engineering teams.
  • Partners with platform owners to optimize and extend AI capabilities of existing security tools.
  • Works with risk and compliance teams to ensure governance and responsible AI usage.
  • Engages with vendors to evaluate AI-enabled security solutions and enhancements.

Accessibility Needs

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you require accommodations at any stage, we will ensure a seamless experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

FC Global Services India LLP (First Citizens India) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment and prohibit all forms of discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, caste, disability, sexual orientation, economic status or any other characteristics protected by the law. We strive to foster a safe and respectful environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Our EEO policy ensures fairness throughout the employee life cycle.

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