AI Security Architect (Hybrid)

TM Floyd & Company•Columbia, SC

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

TM Floyd & Company is hiring an AI Security Architect in Columbia, South Carolina. The role follows a hybrid schedule, with onsite work required Tuesday through Thursday. The position supports the secure adoption of artificial intelligence across the organization by translating AI risk, security, privacy, and compliance requirements into architecture patterns, controls, and implementation guidance. The architect partners with Enterprise Architecture, I/S delivery teams, Data Governance, Privacy, IAM, Vendor Risk, CSOC, Legal, Compliance, Audit, and business owners to ensure AI solutions are appropriately designed, reviewed, monitored, and operated. The architect establishes enterprise AI security standards and reference architectures, reviews AI use cases and solution designs, and leads threat-model reviews for priority use cases and vendors. The role also provides technical expertise on systems architecture decisions, consultative services to high-level clients, oversight to project teams, and architectural direction for assigned applications. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or Green Card holders, be able to work on W2, and cannot require sponsorship. C2C and third-party candidates are not accepted. The hourly rate is $90.81. Benefits depend on the length of assignment, and a referral bonus of up to $1,000 is offered.

Requirements

At least 9 years of IT experience.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or Engineering; or 4 years of job-related work experience; or 2 years of job-related experience plus an associate degree in Computer Science, Business, or Engineering.
Excellent negotiation and decision-making skills.
Ability to build network and collaborative relationships throughout complex organizations.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communicating technical approaches to technical and non-technical staff, management, and end users.
Ability to lead dynamic, energized, and creative multidisciplinary work teams in a matrix environment.
Strong knowledge of technologies, architecture, and business practices.
U.S. citizenship or Green Card holder status; sponsorship is unavailable.
Must be able to work on W2; C2C and third-party candidates are not accepted.

Nice To Haves

10 years of related business and architecture experience.
Track record of successfully managing joint IS/Business teams through strategic challenges in meeting business objectives.
Proven ability to develop and release quality products on time.
Deep understanding of current application or system development methodologies.
Completion of SACP and/or PMCP courses.

Responsibilities

Translate AI risk, security, privacy, and compliance requirements into practical architecture patterns, control requirements, and implementation guidance.
Partner with Enterprise Architecture, I/S delivery teams, Data Governance, Privacy, IAM, Vendor Risk, CSOC, Legal, Compliance, Audit, and business owners to ensure AI solutions have appropriate safeguards throughout design, review, monitoring, and operation.
Develop, maintain, and communicate enterprise AI security reference architectures, minimum control requirements, secure design patterns, and implementation guidance for approved AI tools, models, integrations, connectors, plugins, and AI-enabled applications.
Review proposed AI use cases and solution designs for data handling, access controls, encryption, logging, monitoring, retention, output handling, and integration safeguards before implementation.
Conduct threat-model reviews for priority AI use cases and vendors, focusing on prompt injection, data leakage, unauthorized access, model misuse, insecure connectors, machine identity exposure, and AI-enabled impersonation risks.
Provide technical expertise on decisions and priorities regarding the organization's overall systems architecture.
Ensure business requirements are enabled using approved architecture concepts.
Provide consultative services to high-level clients for their applications.
Oversee project teams to ensure technical risks and opportunities are considered and appropriately addressed in business initiatives and decisions.
Work with senior application development staff to ensure products meet analysis, design, and development standards for various operating environments.
Work with Design Architecture to set architectural direction for assigned applications.
Lead multidisciplinary work teams in a matrix environment to respond to company business needs.