AI Security Engineer

Join Awaze at a pivotal moment as we scale the secure adoption of AI across our products, platforms, and internal tooling. This is a unique opportunity to shape how AI is built and operated safely in a modern, cloud-first environment-working at the intersection of security, engineering, and innovation.

Your mission

You will lead the secure adoption of AI across Awaze's ecosystem-ensuring that governance, architecture, and delivery are aligned so teams can innovate safely and confidently. Working closely with engineering, product, platform, and data teams, you will embed security best practices into every stage of how AI-enabled systems are designed, built, and operated. Acting as both a subject matter expert and an enabler, you will help teams make fast, well-informed decisions while maintaining strong security standards.

What you'll be doing

• Define and maintain AI security standards, governance processes, and guardrails
• Design and review secure architectures for AI-enabled systems, including LLMs, RAG, APIs, and integrations
• Conduct threat modelling and security design reviews for AI use cases
• Identify and mitigate risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and insecure integrations
• Assess third-party AI vendors, tools, and models to ensure appropriate security controls
• Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and AI delivery workflows
• Secure cloud platforms and infrastructure across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and container environments

Who we're looking for

You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy solving complex security challenges, working across teams, and enabling innovation through pragmatic, risk-based decision-making. You're someone who combines deep technical expertise with a collaborative mindset and a passion for building secure, scalable systems.

We’re looking for someone who brings

• 5+ years' experience in information security, across security architecture, application security, cloud security, or DevSecOps
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML/LLM-enabled systems (e.g. RAG, agentic systems, tool integrations)
• Strong understanding of security principles across applications, cloud, and software delivery workflows
• Experience with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and container security
• Proficiency in coding and automation (e.g. Python, CI/CD tools, Terraform)
• A collaborative and proactive approach to driving secure outcomes

Bonus points if you have

• Experience securing production AI/LLM systems
• Knowledge of AI gateways, observability, and prompt security techniques
• Familiarity with security tooling such as Wiz, CrowdStrike, BurpSuite, or GitHub Advanced Security
• Experience with ISO 27001 or similar compliance frameworks
• Relevant security or cloud certifications

How you'll make an impact

• Own and deliver secure AI architecture and governance frameworks across the organisation
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and platform teams to enable secure AI innovation
• Improve and implement security controls across cloud infrastructure and AI delivery pipelines
• Drive automation in security testing, monitoring, and reporting
• Enhance the organisation's security posture through continuous improvement and visibility
• Champion a strong security culture through training, guidance, and advocacy

Why you'll want to work at Awaze

We offer a versatile position in a strong professional and social environment - one you'll have the opportunity to influence and help shape. You'll be part of an international company that invests in the future, and join a dynamic, fast-paced department with skilled and committed colleagues who support each other.

We're a people-first business - and we know that our success starts with our teams.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll enjoy

• Generous discounts on holidays across our brands
• Flexible hybrid working - with the autonomy to work how you work best
• Real opportunities to grow, learn and shape your role as well as careers progression vertically or horizontally, cross countries and responsibilities.

About Awaze

Our mission is clear - to create amazing holidays with Europe's widest choice of holiday homes.

With more than 110,000 properties across Europe, we are the largest managed vacation rentals business in the region. Our ambition is not only to be the biggest, but the best provider of holiday homes in Europe.

As travel continues to evolve, we are focused on what comes next. We will keep strengthening our relationships with guests and homeowners, continuously improving the way we work, and delivering strong performance. By making things simpler and smarter, we are building a business that is ready for what's next - powered by proud, passionate and inclusive people.

Worth knowing

We offer the best of both worlds: the energy of the office and the freedom of home, with hybrid working that lets you have a mix of office and remote work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

What's next?

If this sounds like the right next step for you, hit "Apply" and follow the instructions to submit your application. We tailor our recruitment process to each role to give you and our hiring teams the best possible chance to assess whether this could be the start of a successful collaboration. You'll hear from us shortly after we've reviewed your application.

We're committed to running an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment, and if you have any specific requirements or adjustments needed for the interview, just let us know when you accept your invitation - we're happy to accommodate.

Department Information Technology Role Security Engineer Locations Manchester Remote status Hybrid

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