AI Security Architect — Enterprise AI Security & Risk Design

Hansen Talent Group (HTG); Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hansen Talent Group in Columbia, SC seeks an AI Security Architect to secure AI adoption across the enterprise. The role translates AI security, privacy, risk, and compliance requirements into practical architecture standards and controls, partnering with multiple teams to ensure secure AI solutions.

The ideal candidate will lead threat modeling, review AI solutions for security risks, and develop architecture standards and minimum control requirements to safeguard data and systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise or security architecture roles.
• Knowledge of AI security risks and secure architecture principles.
• Experience with architecture reviews, security assessments, and threat modeling.
• Strong IAM, encryption, data protection, logging and monitoring knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain AI security architecture standards, reference architectures, secure design patterns, and minimum control requirements.
• Review proposed AI solutions for security and architectural risks.
• Evaluate data handling, access controls, encryption, logging, monitoring, retention, and safeguards for AI solutions.
• Lead AI threat modeling activities focusing on prompt injection, data leakage, unauthorized access, model misuse, insecure integrations, and AI‑enabled impersonation.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical oversight for complex AI and security initiatives.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and development teams to ensure solutions align with approved architecture and security standards.
• Evaluate technical solutions, vendors, and emerging technologies and provide recommendations based on security, risk, cost, and business impact.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for architectural decisions and guidance to project teams.
• Collaborate with security, privacy, compliance, audit, IAM, vendor risk, and business stakeholders during solution design and implementation.
• Develop and communicate security architecture documentation and implementation guidance to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Security architecture

AI security

Threat modeling

Communication

Leadership

Job description

Hansen Talent Group in Columbia, SC seeks an AI Security Architect to secure AI adoption across the enterprise. The role translates AI security, privacy, risk, and compliance requirements into practical architecture standards and controls, partnering with multiple teams to ensure secure AI solutions.

The ideal candidate will lead threat modeling, review AI solutions for security risks, and develop architecture standards and minimum control requirements to safeguard data and systems.