AI Security Architect

TransCanada PipeLines Limited

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Calgary, Alberta Houston, Texas Until 10/6/2026 10+ years exp First posted July 22, 2026 Last posted August 7, 2026
Job description

Determined, imaginative, curious—if these are some of the ways you describe yourself, we want to learn more about you!

At TC Energy, we are proud to connect the world to the energy it needs. Guided by our values of safety in every step, personal accountability, one team and active learning, we deliver the critical energy that North America and the world rely on while balancing reliability, affordability and sustainability.

The Opportunity

The AI Security Architect reports to the Manager, Cybersecurity Technology. This role is responsible for defining, designing, and governing the security architecture for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Machine Learning (ML) solutions across the enterprise.

The AI Security Architect provides technical leadership to ensure AI technologies are deployed securely, comply with regulatory and governance requirements, and align with enterprise cybersecurity standards.

This role partners with business, AI governance, cloud, infrastructure, application, and cybersecurity teams to enable secure AI adoption while managing emerging AI-related risks.

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain Enterprise Security AI security technology roadmap, standards, and reference architectures

  • Establish AI security design principles, guardrails, and governance requirements

  • Define security requirements for enterprise AI technologies, platforms, and AI-enabled solutions

  • Assess emerging AI technologies and provide security recommendations for enterprise adoption

  • Design secure architectures for enterprise AI technologies, platforms, and integrations with business and technology systems

  • Lead architecture reviews and security assessments for AI initiatives

  • Ensure security-by-design principles are embedded throughout the AI development lifecycle

  • Identify and assess AI-specific risks, including prompt injection, data poisoning, model manipulation, unauthorized model access, sensitive data exposure, agent misuse, privilege escalation, and supply chain risks

  • Develop compensating controls and mitigation strategies to reduce AI-related security risk

  • Support AI threat modeling and secure design reviews

  • Collaborate with AI Governance, Legal, Privacy, Risk, and Compliance teams to align AI security requirements with enterprise obligations

  • Ensure AI solutions align with applicable security, risk management, regulatory, industry, and internal policy requirements

  • Define AI security control requirements and governance processes

  • Provide security architecture guidance for AI workloads deployed across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments

  • Define requirements for identity and access management, data protection, logging and monitoring, model security, secrets management, and infrastructure security

  • Support the secure deployment and operation of enterprise AI platforms

  • Develop detection and response capabilities for AI-related threats

  • Partner with Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, and Incident Response teams to monitor and respond to AI-related risks

  • Identify opportunities to use AI to strengthen cybersecurity operations

  • Serve as the primary subject matter expert for AI security

  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to architects, engineers, and analysts

  • Communicate AI security risks, recommendations, and architectural decisions to senior leadership

  • Influence enterprise AI investments and architectural decisions to support secure adoption

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field

  • 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security architecture, or cloud security

  • 3+ years of experience securing AI, machine learning, data science, or advanced analytics platforms

Preferred Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience developing enterprise security architectures

  • Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies, LLMs, agentic AI frameworks, cloud security architectures, identity and access management, threat modeling, and risk management

  • Experience with enterprise cloud platforms, including AWS and Azure

  • Relevant cybersecurity, cloud security, enterprise architecture, and AI security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, or equivalent

  • Experience securing enterprise AI platforms, AI-enabled applications, autonomous AI systems, and advanced AI architectures

  • Experience in critical infrastructure, energy, or other regulated industries

To remain competitive, support our high-performance culture and allow for more flexibility in the way we work, we offer a hybrid work model and flexible dress code for our eligible office-based workforce in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. #LI-Hybrid

About our business

We are a leader in North American energy infrastructure, spanning Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Every day, our dedicated team proudly connects the world to the energy it needs—moving over 30 per cent of the cleaner-burning natural gas used across the continent. Complemented by strategic ownership and low-risk investments in power generation, our infrastructure fuels industries and generates affordable, reliable and sustainable power across North America, while enabling LNG exports to global markets.

TC Energy is an equal opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program supervised by the US government. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, age, sex, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or disability. We are also committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment process. Applicants requiring accommodations or accessible formats are encouraged to contact us at careers@tcenergy.com for support.

All applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country where the position is based, without restrictions. Background screening is required for all positions, which may include criminal and/or credit checks. Offers may be extended at a different level or job title that best aligns with the successful candidate's qualifications.

Learn more

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Thank you for considering TC Energy in your career journey.

About this role

Summary

Designs and governs secure AI architectures, assesses AI-related risks, and guides enterprise AI security.

Job title

AI Security Architect

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

energy

Location requirements

Calgary, Alberta or Houston, Texas; hybrid work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

cybersecuritysecurity architectureAI securitycloud platformsrisk management

Preferred skills

AI/ML technologiesLLMscloud security architecturesAI security certificationsenergy industry experience

Specializations

AI securitycloud securityrisk managementsecurity architectureAI/ML
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Calgary, AB, Canada

Hybrid City

Houston, TX, USA

Hybrid City