Principal Security Engineer

About this role

Calling all originals: At Levi Strauss & Co., you can be yourself — and be part of something bigger. We're a company of people who like to forge our own path and leave the world better than we found it. Who believe that what makes us different makes us stronger. So add your voice. Make an impact. Find your fit — and your future.

Levi Strauss & Co.’s Global Information Security (GIS) organization is building the next generation of AI-powered security capabilities. The Principal Security Engineer is the technical cornerstone of that effort. This role translates architectural vision into production-grade systems that protect one of the world’s most iconic brands. This opportunity sits within the GIS, reporting to the Directory of AI & Security Engineering, who reports directly to the CISO. You will architect and build the agentic platform that powers our threat intelligence automation, detection engineering assistance, and security alert triage. This role is operating at the intersection of enterprise software engineering, AI systems design, and cybersecurity at global scale.

## About the Job

• Support the enterprise agentic AI platform, defining and governing how every agent at LS&Co. is built, deployed, and governed, regardless of cloud provider, model, or builder team.
• Architect and engineer a production-grade multi-agent AI platform to orchestrate specialized security agents across the GIS.
• Lead the design and implementation of the AI Gateway as the central enforcement point for all LLM and agent traffic.
• Architect the agent identity and registry system to eliminate shadow AI and orphaned agents across the estate.
• Establish the audit and observability architecture for agent workloads.
• Own cross-platform guardrails and data protection standards.
• Build AI-powered enrichment and analysis pipelines integrated with our security stack.
• Define engineering standards, design review processes, and architectural patterns for the AI & Security Engineering ...