Enterprise AI Security Architect – Enterprise Architecture - Remote

CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer

6d • $186,660 - $248,750 • Remote

About The Position

CSAA Insurance Group is hiring a remote Enterprise AI Security Architect within Enterprise Architecture. The role serves as a senior architect in the CTO office or an individual business or technology domain within IT, helping define, plan, and realize the enterprise technology vision in alignment with business and IT strategy. The architect researches, analyzes, designs, proposes, and delivers solutions suited to corporate, business, and technology strategies.

The role leads security architecture and technical design for AI and emerging technologies. It translates cybersecurity strategies, policies, and control requirements into enterprise reference architectures, standards, patterns, and guardrails. The architect partners with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, engineering, and business leaders; advises senior leaders; guides technology adoption and governance; and mentors architects and engineers.

This is a remote-first position available in the United States, excluding Hawaii and Alaska. The role may require travel for divisional, team, and other in-person meetings, as well as additional time or support for other teams to meet business needs. The posted starting pay range across eligible states is $186,660–$248,750, with a company-wide annual discretionary bonus opportunity of up to 15% of eligible pay. The national average salary range is $186,660–$207,400; Colorado's range is $186,660–$228,200. The role does not provide visa sponsorship; applicants must be authorized to work indefinitely in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 10 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, architecture, engineering, or a related technology discipline, including significant experience leading enterprise security architecture in complex environments.
• Ability to translate technical security risks into clear recommendations for senior leaders.
• Experience designing AI security architecture for cloud-native, AI infrastructure, or machine learning environments.
• Experience designing and securing on-premises or hybrid AI infrastructure, including GPU-accelerated compute, private AI/ML platforms, model hosting environments, data pipelines, and supporting network, identity, storage, and workload security controls.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively across teams.
• Authorization to work indefinitely in the United States; visa sponsorship is not provided.

Nice To Haves

• Experience securing AWS cloud environments.
• Experience implementing governance controls for generative AI adoption.
• Knowledge of AI threat modeling and AI risk management frameworks, ideally NIST AI RMF.
• Understanding of large language models, retrieval-augmented generation architectures, vector databases, and AI service providers.
• Experience developing enterprise security roadmaps, standards, reference architectures, and secure design patterns.
• Experience advising senior leaders and influencing enterprise technology, security, and risk decisions.
• Experience with AI security, generative AI, machine learning, or other emerging technologies.
• Experience in insurance, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience designing systems that use both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience designing secure systems using cybersecurity best practices.
• Experience in a significant business domain such as customer relationship management, marketing, insurance and claims, or financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture and technical design for AI and emerging technologies, translating cybersecurity strategy, policies, and control requirements into reference architectures, standards, patterns, and guardrails.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, engineering, and business leaders to embed security into technology strategies, platforms, products, and solutions.
• Review complex solution designs, identify security risks, and offer practical recommendations that balance innovation, business outcomes, regulatory requirements, and risk.
• Define and evolve security architecture for cloud-native, AI, machine learning, data, identity, and integration environments.
• Develop reusable security patterns and guardrails that enable consistent, scalable, and secure enterprise delivery.
• Advise senior leaders on security architecture decisions and translate technical risks into clear business recommendations.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and security capabilities, including generative AI, and recommend responsible approaches to adoption.
• Influence architecture governance, exception management, and technology investment decisions.
• Mentor architects and engineers and strengthen enterprise security architecture practices.
• Travel as needed for role-related divisional, team, and other in-person meetings.
• Meet business needs, which may include investing extra time and helping other teams.
• Support company culture through activities such as employee resource groups, mentoring, volunteering, or cross-functional projects; champion cultural norms and demonstrate an ownership mindset.

Benefits

• Total compensation package
• Annual bonus eligibility for most roles
• 401(k) with company match
• Career growth and development support from leaders and mentors
• Remote-first flexible workplace, with flexibility to work from various locations including CSAA offices

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal