AI Security Specialist

PNC•Strongsville, OH

6d•$91,000 - $185,900•Onsite

About The Position

At PNC, the AI Security Specialist is part of the Technology organization and helps protect the organization from emerging threats involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, and autonomous AI agents. The role combines AI security, threat detection, incident response, and forensic analysis to identify malicious or anomalous activity across AI applications, models, agents, identities, infrastructure, and supporting services. The position is based in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Denver, Phoenix, or Birmingham. PNC is an in-office company; candidates are encouraged to discuss workplace expectations with their recruiter and hiring manager. The role provides technical evaluation and analysis in a specific security area, supporting activities, processes, and tools that improve the organization’s overall security posture. It applies security concepts, reviews information, executes defined tasks, analyzes requirements and logs, and creates documentation. Responsibilities include investigation, data loss prevention and manipulation, risk mitigation, control review, security assessments, and recommending corrective actions. The role advises on complex security procedures and products, shares knowledge with staff, and helps develop policies and procedures to standardize security functions and address potential vulnerabilities and threats. It is not a vulnerability assessment role and does not primarily include architect or engineering responsibilities. PNC seeks employees who are customer-focused and able to assess and manage risks in support of the company’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework. This position is incentive eligible. PNC will not provide employment visa sponsorship or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Requirements

University or college degree is typically required; a comparable combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience, including military service, may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Typically 5 or more years of industry-relevant experience.
Knowledge and skills appropriate to the role in access management, artificial intelligence techniques, cybersecurity, cyber threat intelligence, data manipulation, data security, IAM, information security, network security, security information, and security operations.
Analytical thinking, effective communications, information assurance, information security management and technologies, IT environment and systems management, IT standards and procedures, problem solving, and software security assurance.
Candidates must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities appropriate to the role.
PNC will not provide employment visa sponsorship or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Nice To Haves

AI/ML and generative AI security concepts.
Identity and Access Management (IAM) and identity threat detection and response.
OAuth 2.0, OpenTelemetry (OTel), access tokens, API permissions, and modern authentication.
Cloud identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID and AWS IAM.
Workload identities, service principals, managed identities, API keys, secrets, and certificates.
Privileged access management and least-privilege security principles.
AI agents, APIs, tool integrations, and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Security monitoring and detection development using SIEM/XDR technologies.
Network, cloud, identity, and application forensics.
AI security frameworks and guidance, including MITRE ATLAS, OWASP guidance for LLM/GenAI applications, and NIST AI RMF.
Regulatory, risk, and security-control requirements associated with enterprise AI adoption.
One or more relevant certifications, such as GAIPT, GOAA, GMLE, AAISM, Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, GCIH, Microsoft SC-200, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, CFCE, CHFI, or CDFE.

Responsibilities

Secure AI/ML applications, models, agents, and supporting infrastructure.
Identify, investigate, and respond to AI-specific threats, including prompt injection, sensitive data exposure, malicious model or agent activity, unauthorized AI usage, and abuse of AI-integrated tools.
Analyze LLM prompts, responses, and associated telemetry to identify malicious or anomalous activity.
Investigate security activity involving AI agents, APIs, tools, model interactions, and agent-to-agent communications.
Investigate identity-based threats involving users, applications, service accounts, AI agents, and non-human identities.
Analyze excessive permissions, compromised credentials, token abuse, unauthorized access, and privilege escalation associated with AI applications and agents.
Assess the security implications of delegated and application permissions used by AI systems to access enterprise resources.
Perform cloud, network, identity, and application forensic analysis in support of AI security investigations.
Conduct AI security incident response, containment, remediation, and reporting.
Provide remediation guidance for identified vulnerabilities, excessive permissions, insecure configurations, and security-control weaknesses.
Support security, risk, and regulatory requirements applicable to AI systems.
Collaborate with AI developers, security engineering, identity teams, threat intelligence, incident response, and governance teams to reduce AI-related risk.
Develop and tune detection rules for AI-related threats using identity, endpoint, network, cloud, and application telemetry.
Apply IAM concepts, including authentication, authorization, OAuth, tokens, service principals, workload identities, managed identities, privileged access, and least-privilege principles.
Apply security concepts, review information, execute defined tasks, analyze requirements and logs, and create documentation.
Perform investigations and data loss prevention and manipulation; coordinate activities and take action to address or mitigate risks and vulnerabilities.
Review and define controls; advise on complex security procedures and products; participate in enforcing controls against security risks and threats; and share knowledge with staff.
Conduct security assessments and other information security routines, investigate data security matters, and recommend corrective actions consistent with established guidelines.
Develop policies and procedures to standardize security functions and eliminate potential vulnerabilities and threats, while ensuring business needs are met during development.

Benefits

Medical and prescription drug coverage, including a Health Savings Account feature, for eligible full-time employees.
Dental and vision options.
Employee and spouse/child life insurance.
Short- and long-term disability protection.
401(k) with PNC match.
Pension and stock purchase plans.
Dependent care reimbursement account.
Back-up child and elder care.
Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement.
Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid.
Wellness program with financial incentives.
Maternity and/or parental leave, depending on eligibility.
Up to 11 paid holidays each year, depending on eligibility.
9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law, depending on eligibility.
15 to 25 vacation days each year depending on career level and years of service, subject to eligibility.
Incentive-eligible compensation based on company, business, and/or individual performance.