Alight Solutions
IT Governance Engineer - Virtual
Alight Solutions is looking for an experienced AI Governance Engineer to design, build, and automate the technical controls and processes that underpin our enterprise AI Governance program. This role serves as a key security architect for AI systems, ensuring robust cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance across all AI initiatives. You will collaborate closely with cybersecurity, privacy, and legal teams to safeguard AI assets and data, and to ensure responsible, safe, and compliant use of AI throughout the organization.
Our Story At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”
Key Responsibilities
Technical Governance Architecture: Design and implement automated inventory collection, monitoring, and risk scoring for all AI systems, models, and tools.
Security Integration: Architect and enforce security controls for AI systems, including access management, data protection, vulnerability scanning, and incident response protocols.
Workflow Integration: Build and integrate governance controls, approval of workflows, and checkpoints into SDLC, and engineering pipelines.
Automation & Tooling: Develop tools for auditing, scanning, and evaluating AI models (e.g., for toxicity, drift, hallucinations). Implement model documentation standards (model cards, evaluation pipelines).
Cyber Risk Management: Conduct risk assessments for AI systems, identify potential threats, and implement mitigation strategies. Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure AI systems comply with organizational and regulatory security standards.
Compliance & Oversight: Support evidence collection for audits (SOC2, ISO, internal/external regulators). Ensure technical controls meet regulatory and policy requirements.
Collaboration: Work closely with Security, Privacy, Legal, Data Governance, and Engineering teams to embed governance and security into product and platform development.
Continuous Improvement: Monitor emerging risks, regulatory changes, and industry best practices. Enhance automation, controls, and technical documentation as needed.
Enablement: Support training and enablement initiatives by building toolkits and technical resources for engineers and business users.
Qualifications
5+ years in DevOps, MLOps, platform engineering, backend development, or cybersecurity, with a focus on automation and controls.
Strong programming skills (Python preferred), experience with APIs, and automation frameworks.
Experience integrating governance, risk, or compliance controls into engineering workflows.
Deep understanding of cybersecurity principles, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and incident response.
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, SOC2, EU AI Act) and AI safety/fairness concepts.
Experience building tools for model evaluation, monitoring, and documentation.
Analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
Preferred Skills
Experience with cloud security, identity and access management, and secure software development practices.
Understanding of LLM architectures and AI model evaluation (bias, fairness, interpretability, drift, hallucinations).
Experience with audit, evidence collection, and compliance testing.
Familiarity with JIRA, CI/CD tools, and cloud platforms.
Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.
Flexible Working So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.
Benefits We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.
Equal Opportunity Policy Statement Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans. Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.
Our Commitment to Inclusion We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful. At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future. As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact alightcareers@alight.com .
Authorization to Work in the Employing Country Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Disclaimer Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units. Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.
Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Full-time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Professional Services
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Our Story At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”
Key Responsibilities
Technical Governance Architecture: Design and implement automated inventory collection, monitoring, and risk scoring for all AI systems, models, and tools.
Security Integration: Architect and enforce security controls for AI systems, including access management, data protection, vulnerability scanning, and incident response protocols.
Workflow Integration: Build and integrate governance controls, approval of workflows, and checkpoints into SDLC, and engineering pipelines.
Automation & Tooling: Develop tools for auditing, scanning, and evaluating AI models (e.g., for toxicity, drift, hallucinations). Implement model documentation standards (model cards, evaluation pipelines).
Cyber Risk Management: Conduct risk assessments for AI systems, identify potential threats, and implement mitigation strategies. Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure AI systems comply with organizational and regulatory security standards.
Compliance & Oversight: Support evidence collection for audits (SOC2, ISO, internal/external regulators). Ensure technical controls meet regulatory and policy requirements.
Collaboration: Work closely with Security, Privacy, Legal, Data Governance, and Engineering teams to embed governance and security into product and platform development.
Continuous Improvement: Monitor emerging risks, regulatory changes, and industry best practices. Enhance automation, controls, and technical documentation as needed.
Enablement: Support training and enablement initiatives by building toolkits and technical resources for engineers and business users.
Qualifications
5+ years in DevOps, MLOps, platform engineering, backend development, or cybersecurity, with a focus on automation and controls.
Strong programming skills (Python preferred), experience with APIs, and automation frameworks.
Experience integrating governance, risk, or compliance controls into engineering workflows.
Deep understanding of cybersecurity principles, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and incident response.
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, SOC2, EU AI Act) and AI safety/fairness concepts.
Experience building tools for model evaluation, monitoring, and documentation.
Analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
Preferred Skills
Experience with cloud security, identity and access management, and secure software development practices.
Understanding of LLM architectures and AI model evaluation (bias, fairness, interpretability, drift, hallucinations).
Experience with audit, evidence collection, and compliance testing.
Familiarity with JIRA, CI/CD tools, and cloud platforms.
Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.
Flexible Working So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.
Benefits We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.
Equal Opportunity Policy Statement Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans. Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.
Our Commitment to Inclusion We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful. At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future. As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact alightcareers@alight.com .
Authorization to Work in the Employing Country Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Disclaimer Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units. Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.
Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Full-time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Professional Services
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