Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:
37.5

Line of Business:
Technology Solutions

Pay Details:
$114,000 - $136,800 CAD

This role is temporarily eligible for a pay premium above the posted salary range that is reassessed annually. You are encouraged to have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide more specific pay details for this role.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Job Summary

We are seeking a AI Platform Security Specialist to act as a strategic design lead for all security controls governing our Generative AI and LLM platforms. You will serve as the top-tier technical expert, setting the strategic security direction for hybrid infrastructure spanning Azure, Google Cloud, and On-Premises environments.

Your primary mission is to drive the forward-looking security strategy for AI innovation, simultaneously specializing in leveraging AI security capabilities to augment and fortify existing enterprise solutions. You will act as a key technical leader, bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI development and core infrastructure security.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities and Design Mandate

1. Security Design and Technical Leadership

• Own and Define Security Architecture: Translate high-level business and regulatory requirements into detailed, reusable, and robust security architecture and design standards for the AI platform across Azure and GCP.

• Security PoC Mandate: Lead and execute Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) for complex, novel security technologies (like LLM Firewalls, Agentic AI security tools, and data posture management) to validate their effectiveness and establish implementation blueprints.

• Hybrid Cloud Hardening: Design and document the necessary hardening and segmentation strategies to securely integrate AI assets deployed in Azure/GCP with sensitive On-Premises systems and data sources.

• Mentorship: Serve as a subject matter expert, providing leadership and technical guidance to junior engineers and cross-functional teams on complex security implementations.

• Evaluate end-to-end AI lifecycle and apply security controls at each stage to protect against adversarial attacks and supply chain attacks.

2. Advanced Protocol and Application Security

• Agentic AI Protocol Security: Act as the organizational expert in securing emerging multi-agent and tool-calling frameworks, specifically defining security requirements for protocols like Agent-to-Agent (A2A) and Model Context Protocol (MCP).

• Identity and Access Design (IAM): Architect the entire Identity and Access Management (IAM) framework for AI environments, ensuring secure token exchange (OAuth 2.0/OIDC) and defining granular, auditable role-based access control (RBAC) across multi-cloud infrastructure.

• API Security Gateway: Design the security posture and controls for API gateways and application delivery networks that front external-facing LLM and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) applications.

• Mitigation Solutions: Support the design, build, and testing of security controls to mitigate common AI/ML attacks as outlined by frameworks like the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, Mitre Atlas.

3. Collaboration and Strategy Translation

• AI Red Team Support: Partner closely with AI Development teams to provide the essential infrastructure and tooling expertise necessary to support their AI Red Team program and broader security initiatives.

• Strategy Implementation: Work directly with DevOps and Platform Engineering teams to translate your successful security PoCs and design blueprints into robust, production-ready Infrastructure as Code (IaC) controls and automated security pipelines.

• Risk Governance: Provide expert input to governance bodies regarding AI security risks, technical trade-offs, and compliance mapping for new AI product launches.

Required Qualifications and Expertise

• 7+ years of progressive experience in Cloud Security, Cyber Security Engineering, or Application Security.

3+Year with A.I. leading programs end to end.

• Deep, demonstrable knowledge of security design and architecture principles for scalable cloud-native applications.

• Expert-level practical experience securing infrastructure and services in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Deep understanding of AI security frameworks such as OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, OWASP API Top 10, Mitre Atlas

• Deep understanding of the end-to-end AI lifecycle with proven ability to secure each stage against adversarial attacks and supply chain vulnerabilities

• Expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM) and advanced authorization protocols (OAuth 2.0/OIDC).

• Mandatory experience designing and implementing centralized Secrets Management solutions (e.g., Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager).

• Proven ability to conduct security evaluations and technical PoCs for complex security products.

• Strong understanding of security vulnerabilities unique to Generative AI, LLM, and RAG architectures.

• Familiarity with Agentic AI concepts and security implications of emerging protocols (A2A, MCP).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting technical risks and design strategy to both engineers and executive leadership.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing - and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development
If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD - and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet