Senior AI Security Architect

DPP•Columbia, SC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

DPP is seeking a Senior AI Security Architect for an opportunity with our client in the healthcare insurance industry. This role supports the secure adoption of artificial intelligence by translating AI risk, security, privacy, and compliance requirements into practical architecture patterns, control requirements, and implementation guidance. The role partners closely 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 designed, reviewed, monitored, and operated with appropriate safeguards.

Requirements

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’s degree in Computer Science, Business or Engineering.
9 years of IT experience.
Possesses a track record of successfully managing joint IS/Business teams through strategic challenges in meeting business objectives.

Nice To Haves

10 years of related business and architecture experience.
Completion of SACP and/or PMCP courses.

Responsibilities

Establish AI security architecture standards: 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 AI use cases and solution designs: Perform architecture reviews for proposed AI solutions to validate data handling, access controls, encryption, logging, monitoring, retention, output handling, and integration safeguards before implementation.
Lead AI threat modeling: Conduct threat-model reviews for priority AI use cases and vendors, with focus on prompt injection, data leakage, unauthorized access, model misuse, insecure connectors, machine identity exposure, and AI-enabled impersonation risks.