Enterprise AI Engineer
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Drive Enterprise AI adoption, manage platform operations, build agentic workflows, and ensure governance across AI ecosystems.
About Us:
Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:
Bold in how we dream and innovate
Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities
Accountable for results and best in class outcomes
Visionary in future focused problem-solving
Exceptional in execution and impact
AI Platform Engineer — Enterprise AI Enablement
The Role
Drive Enterprise AI adoption across the organization by administering, securing, and building on top of major enterprise AI platforms. You'll manage platform operations, build autonomous agentic workflows for corporate functions, and ensure governance, security, and visibility across our AI ecosystem. This role spans hands-on system administration, solutions development, and cross-platform reporting, with exposure to multiple enterprise AI vendors and teams across the company.
Responsibilities
Platform Administration & Solutions
- Administer and configure enterprise AI platforms (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) — user provisioning, workspace/console management, integrations
- Design and build agentic workflows and automation solutions for corporate function use cases
- Support platform enablement: onboarding, documentation, training materials, internal adoption programs
Governance & Security
- Manage identity and access controls (provisioning, deprovisioning, role-based permissions)
- Enforce data governance and security policies across AI platforms
- Support compliance reviews, vendor security assessments, and risk mitigation
Observability & Reporting
- Build dashboards and reports tracking usage, spend, and adoption metrics across platforms
- Monitor platform health, performance, and anomalies
- Deliver cross-platform reporting to leadership on ROI, utilization, and risk
Skillsets
- Experience with enterprise AI platforms and some level of software or AI agent development
- Familiarity with identity/access management (LDAP/AD or similar)
- Scripting ability (Python, bash) for automation and reporting
- Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance fundamentals
- Experience with admin consoles, API integrations, or Jira/Confluence administration a plus
What Success Looks Like
- Reliable, secure, well-governed AI platforms
- Increased adoption via built workflows and enablement programs
- Clear visibility into usage, spend, and risk for leadership decision-making
Why Proofpoint?
At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you’ll love working with us:
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Career success on your terms
Flexible work environment
Annual wellness and community outreach days
Always on recognition for your contributions
Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com.
How to Apply
Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can’t wait to hear from you!
Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
Base Pay Ranges:
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 77,500.00 - 113,630.00 USDCalifornia (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 61,200.00 - 89,760.00 USDAll other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 56,100.00 - 82,280.00 USDHow we score this
Enterprise AI Engineer at Proofpoint scores 65 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it AI Level 3 of 4 (Works on AI) on this board. The level measures how much of the work is AI, not seniority.
AI Level 3. The daily work is on or around AI systems, without necessarily building the model: remove AI and the job is hollow.
- AI Level 480 to 100
- AI Level 360 to 79
- AI Level 240 to 59
- AI Level 10 to 39
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- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Tell me about a project where ai platforms was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where agentic workflows was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where identity access management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where data governance was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI Agents, AI Platforms, Agentic Workflows, Identity Access Management, and Data Governance. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project — this role expects it to be a running habit.
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