Senior AI Security Architect

Accountabilities • AI Security Architecture: Lead security reviews and assessments for artificial intelligence, Generative AI, machine learning, and AI agent solutions across the enterprise, ensuring that security requirements are integrated throughout the technology lifecycle.

• Security Standards and Best Practices: Define and implement AI security architectures, technical standards, and best practices that enable scalable, secure, and responsible AI adoption.

• Technology and Vendor Risk Assessment: Evaluate AI platforms, third-party vendors, emerging technologies, and proposed business use cases to identify security risks and recommend appropriate safeguards.

• Threat Modeling and Risk Management: Conduct threat modeling, architecture reviews, and enterprise risk assessments for AI applications and platforms, identifying vulnerabilities and developing mitigation strategies.

• AI-Specific Security Controls: Establish security guardrails for large language models, AI copilots, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions, autonomous AI agents, and related technologies. Address risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, model poisoning, adversarial attacks, and unauthorized model access.

• AI Governance and Compliance: Support enterprise AI governance initiatives by defining security requirements, approval processes, monitoring mechanisms, and risk management practices aligned with organizational policies and applicable regulatory expectations.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Data & Analytics, Infrastructure, Research & Development, Privacy, Legal, and Quality teams to ensure AI solutions meet security, privacy, and compliance requirements.

• Cloud and Data Protection: Apply security principles covering identity and access management, encryption, API security, cloud infrastructure, sensitive data protection, and secure integration across AI platforms.

• Technical Advisory and Mentorship: Serve as a trusted security advisor to architects, engineers, developers, and business stakeholders, communicating complex security concepts clearly and promoting AI security awareness across the organization.

• Strategic Security Leadership: Influence enterprise AI security strategy, guide technology adoption decisions, and contribute to the development of a sustainable security framework as AI capabilities expand across products, operations, and corporate functions.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Cybersecurity Experience: At least 8 years of professional experience in cybersecurity, security architecture, enterprise architecture, or a related technology field.

• AI and Emerging Technology Security: Demonstrated experience securing AI, Generative AI, machine learning, cloud environments, or advanced analytics platforms.

• Knowledge of AI Security Risks: Strong understanding of AI-specific threats, including prompt injection, sensitive data exposure, model poisoning, adversarial attacks, insecure integrations, and unauthorized access to models or AI services.

• AI Platform Expertise: Hands-on experience with AI technologies such as Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, or comparable enterprise AI platforms.

• Security Architecture and Risk Assessment: Proven ability to conduct threat modeling, perform security architecture reviews, evaluate enterprise technology risks, and recommend practical mitigation strategies.

• Core Security Fundamentals: Strong knowledge of identity and access management, cloud security, data protection, encryption, API security, and AI governance principles.

• Governance and Compliance: Familiarity with establishing security standards, implementing technical controls, and aligning AI solutions with enterprise security policies and relevant regulatory requirements.

• Microsoft Security Technologies: Experience with Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Entra ID, and Azure security services is an advantage.

• AI and Cybersecurity Frameworks: Familiarity with established frameworks and standards, such as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF), NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO/IEC 42001, and ISO/IEC 27001, is preferred.

• Regulated Industry Experience: Experience working in healthcare, medical devices, manufacturing, automotive, or another highly regulated industry is desirable, particularly where data privacy, product safety, and compliance are critical.

• Professional Certifications: Relevant credentials, such as CISSP, CCSP, Azure Security Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect, or equivalent certifications, are beneficial.

• Communication and Stakeholder Management: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical risks to non-technical audiences, present recommendations to executives, and influence decisions across a complex global organization.

• Strategic Thinking and Leadership: Strong analytical judgment, problem-solving skills, and the ability to balance security requirements with business objectives and emerging technology opportunities.

• U.S. Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Employment visa sponsorship or transfer of sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Remote Work and Travel: Ability to work remotely from the United States and travel quarterly to the organization's headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois.

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary: Estimated annual salary range of $152,000–$209,000, depending on location, skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

• Performance-Based Compensation: Eligibility for discretionary bonus opportunities.

• Remote Work Flexibility: U.S.-based remote working arrangement with quarterly travel for in-person collaboration.

• Medical and Dental Coverage: Health and dental benefits available from the first day of employment for eligible employees.

• Insurance Protection: Basic life insurance, accident insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, and business travel accident insurance.

• Retirement Savings: Access to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employee contribution options and company matching.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discounted rate through the employee stock purchase program.

• Flexible Spending Accounts: Access to accounts that help manage eligible healthcare and dependent care expenses.

• Paid Time Off: Between 20 and 35 days of paid time off, depending on length of service, in addition to paid holidays.

• Family and Medical Leave: Access to family and medical leaves of absence and paid parental leave.

• Professional Development: Educational assistance programs to support continued learning and career growth.

• Additional Employee Perks: Commuting benefits, an employee discount program, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

• Career Growth and Impact: Opportunity to shape enterprise-wide AI security strategy, influence emerging technology adoption, and develop toward broader cybersecurity leadership responsibilities.

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