Enterprise AI Engineer at Proofpoint in Sunnyvale, CA

Job description

• 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.
• 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

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

Requirements

• 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

Skills

Required

• Experience with enterprise AI platforms
• Software or AI agent development
• Scripting (Python, bash)

Preferred

• Admin consoles
• API integrations
• Jira/Confluence administration

Benefits

• 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
• 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 Range: 77,500.00 - 113,630.00 USD
• California (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 USD
• Base Pay Range: 56,100.00 - 82,280.00 USD