Lead AI

Job Description


Technical Project Lead – AI

Company: SecNinjaz Technologies LLP

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Required: Minimum 8+ Years (3+ Years in Leadership Role)

Location: Ratan Tata Innovation Hub, Mangalagiri, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

About SecNinjaz Technologies LLP

SecNinjaz Technologies LLP is an ISO 27001-certified cybersecurity company delivering advanced security solutions across fintech, healthcare, government, corporate, and intelligence sectors. Our services include VAPT, SIEM, Zero Trust Architecture, Cloud Security, Fintech Security, Secure Communication Systems, and Enterprise Cyber Defense. As part of our expansion into AI-driven cybersecurity solutions, we are establishing a dedicated AI division to build next-generation intelligent security systems


Position Summary
The Technical Project Lead – AI Development will lead and manage the entire AI division while ensuring successful execution of AI initiatives. This role requires strong technical expertise, strategic thinking, project management excellence, and proven leadership capability. The selected candidate will be responsible for complete ownership of AI strategy, team management, model development, training, deployment, governance, and delivery execution. The candidate must have successfully executed at least five (5) AI/ML projects end-to-end in production environments.


Mandatory Experience Requirements

•     Minimum 8+ years of total experience in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
  
•     Minimum 3+ years in a leadership or project management role
  
•     Successfully executed at least 5 AI/ML projects from concept to production
  
•     Experience managing cross-functional AI teams
  
•     Proven experience delivering enterprise-grade AI systems
  
•     Strong background in model training, deployment, and monitoring
  
  

Key Responsibilities:

• AI Team Leadership & Management
  

•     Lead, manage, and scale the entire AI/ML department
  
•     Hire, train, and mentor AI engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers
  
•     Define technical standards, development processes, and
  
•     KPIsConduct architecture reviews and performance evaluations
  
•     Build internal AI training and capability development programs
  
•     Ensure timely delivery of all AI initiatives
  

End-to-End AI Project Execution

•     Requirement gathering and business analysis
  
•     Data strategy and collection
  
•     Model architecture design
  
•     Model training and hyperparameter
  
•     tuningValidation and testing
  
•     Production deployment
  
•     Monitoring and optimization
  

AI Model Development & Training

•     Design and develop Deep Learning models (CNN, RNN, Transformers)
  
•     Develop NLP and Large Language Models(LLMs)
  
•     Build Generative AI applications
  
•     Create predictive analytics systems
  
•     Develop anomaly and threat detection systems
  
•     Handle large-scale datasets and distributed training
  
•     Optimize model accuracy, scalability, and efficiency
  
•     Implement retraining pipelines and performance improvement cycles
  

MLOps & Production Deployment

•     Design and manage CI/CD pipelines for ML systems
  
•     Deploy models using Docker and Kubernetes
  
•     Implement model versioning and lifecycle management
  
•     Monitor model drift and implement automated retraining
  
•     Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance
  

AI Security & Compliance

•     Implement secure AI architecture aligned with Zero Trust principles
  
•     Protect AI systems against adversarial attacks
  
•     Ensure compliance with ISO 27001 and data protection standards
  
•     Integrate AI systems with SIEM, SOC, and cybersecurity platforms
  
  

Required Technical Skills

•     Strong expertise in
  
•     PythonTensorFlow /Py
  
•     TorchScikit-learn
  
•     NLP, LLMs, Generative
  
•     AIMLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow,Airflow)
  
•     Docker & Kubernetes
  
•     Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  
•     Experience with large-scale data processing
  

Leadership Competencies

•     Strategic AI roadmap planning
  
•     Strong team-building and mentoring capability
  
•     Decision-making and execution excellence
  
•     Strong problem-solving
  
•     skillsExcellent communication and stakeholder management
  
  Accountability & Performance Expectations
  

Complete ownership of the AI department

• Delivery of AI projects within
  
•     timelinesModel performance, accuracy, and r
  
•     eliabilityProduction stability and
  
•     monitoringAI innovation aligned with Secninjaz business