Senior Information Security Engineer - AI

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois southwestern Florida northwestern Indiana west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago Denver Milwaukee Grand Rapids Mich. and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont Illinois and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol WTFC.

Why join us

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)

• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical dental vision life a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few

• Promote from within culture

Why join this team

• This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrusts business

• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards share wins operate ethically and have fun

Position Overview

The SR Information Security Engineer (AI) reports to the Information Security Director (Security Architecture and Analytics) to support Wintrusts Responsible Artificial Intelligence Alliance (RAIA). The SR Information Security Engineer (AI) position is a hands-on engineering role for someone who likes working in multi-disciplined teams.

What Youll Do

• Lead security assessments within the RAIA for Large Language Models (LLMs) Natural Language Models (NLMs) Small Language Models (SLMs) or other projects under the scope of Artificial Intelligence

• Participate in the RAIA to review use cases based on value complexity feasibility risks compliance and alignment with strategic goals

• Review AI architectural designs and usage within third-party products for compliance with security best practices AI security frameworks and regulatory requirements

• Participate in the RAIA to build an maintain standards and frameworks for Wintrust to use in order to review use cases and help the business develop use cases

• Analyze AI models for security risks specific to models such as bias data exposure data leakage and model poisoning

• Education and awareness of AI security landscape emerging threats and mitigating controls

• Responsible for other duties and responsibilities as assigned based on Wintrusts needs

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science or mathematics

• 2-3 years of practical hands-on experience with Artificial Intelligence

• Total of 5 years experience including security/data security/control validation

• Data processing skills a plus

Benefits

Medical Insurance Dental Vision Life insurance Accidental death and dismemberment Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance Parental Leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount Critical Illness Insurance Accident Insurance Transportation and Commuting Benefits Banking Benefits Pet Insurance

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $120.000.00 - $150000.00 along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors such as a candidates qualifications skills and experience.

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From our first day in business Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To build a company that reflects the communities we serve we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success. Wintrust Financial Corporation including community banking and financial services subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status genetic information and other legally protected categories.