About the role
Summary:
VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for telecommunications, cloud, enterprises, first responders, military, aerospace, and railway. VIAVI is also a leader in light management technologies for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, government and aerospace applications.
We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are passionate about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company – to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.
Senior AI Security and Governance Engineer
Job Summary:
VIAVI Solutions is seeking a Senior AI Security & Governance Engineer to lead the company's strategy for securing AI technologies across the enterprise. As AI adoption accelerates across VIAVI's products and corporate environments, this role serves as the primary authority on three interconnected pillars: AI compliance and governance, AI security and secure product development, and data security. The engineer will drive discovery and management of AI usage, establish enterprise-wide guardrails, and protect sensitive data across AI workflows from model inputs and outputs to inter-agent communication and third-party integrations.
This role works in close partnership with Engineering, Legal, Privacy, Product, and Risk teams, and reports to the CISO.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
AI Compliance & Governance
- Define and own VIAVI's enterprise AI governance framework, translating policy into enforceable technical controls aligned with NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act.
- Establish and maintain an AI risk tiering and classification system covering data sensitivity, model risk, autonomy level, and business exposure.
- Collaborate with IT, Procurement, and Legal to operationalize an AI tool approval and onboarding process. Build and operate a continuous AI discovery program to identify unsanctioned AI tools, embedded AI features in approved SaaS applications, and browser-based AI interactions across the enterprise.