AI Security Engineer

Carrier; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 118,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid vacation and sick leave

Family and medical leave

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation is seeking an AI Security Engineer to design and maintain security controls across its AI ecosystem, collaborating with Architecture, Cloud Security and Data teams. You will implement safeguards for Copilot, Azure AI, LLMs and ML platforms, and automate security workflows to protect data and applications.

The role emphasizes integration with identity and data protection, monitoring, incident response, and governance across the AI lifecycle, with opportunities to shape

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent military/AI security experience.
• 5+ years in cybersecurity technologies across cloud, app, infra or security engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy and maintain security controls for enterprise AI platforms.
• Implement safeguards for Copilot, Azure AI, LLM apps and ML platforms.
• Integrate AI security with identity, DLP, logging, CASB, SSE and SIEM.
• Develop AI security automation, detections, dashboards and runbooks.
• Support incident response and remediation involving AI technologies.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

Python

PowerShell

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, CS, IT, Engineering, Data Science, or technical discipline

Alternative: HS diploma + 4 years military or 1 year AI security experience

Tools

Microsoft Copilot

Azure AI Services

Azure OpenAI

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Purview

Job description

About CarrierCarrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting‑edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world‑class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

The AI Security Engineer is responsible for building, deploying, integrating, automating, and supporting security controls that protect Carrier's artificial intelligence ecosystem. This role works closely with Security Architecture, Cloud Security, Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, and Application Development teams to implement secure AI solutions, operationalize AI security controls, and embed security into enterprise AI platforms and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, configure, and maintain security controls supporting enterprise AI platforms and services
• Implement technical safeguards for Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Services, LLM applications, machine learning platforms, and AI-enabled business solutions
• Integrate AI security controls with identity management, data loss prevention, logging, monitoring, cloud access security broker, security service edge, security information and event management, and cloud security platforms
• Develop and maintain AI security automation, workflows, detections, dashboards, reporting, and operational processes
• Build and support monitoring capabilities to detect AI misuse, prompt injection attacks, unauthorized access, sensitive data exposure, and other AI security threats
• Engineer secure implementation patterns for AI application development, model deployment, API integrations, and data ingestion pipelines
• Partner with development and platform teams to implement security requirements throughout the AI lifecycle
• Develop scripts, automations, APIs, and integrations to improve AI security operations and control effectiveness
• Perform technical validation, testing, troubleshooting, tuning, and continuous improvement of AI security controls
• Support incident response, investigations, and remediation activities involving AI technologies and AI-enabled applications
• Deploy and maintain security tooling that supports AI monitoring, data protection, governance, and compliance requirements
• Develop technical documentation, implementation guides, standard operating procedures, and operational runbooks
• Provide advanced engineering support for AI-related cybersecurity issues and service requests

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or any other technical discipline; or High school diploma or GED with 4 years of military experience or 1 year of direct AI security experience.
• 5+ years of experience implementing or supporting cybersecurity technologies in cloud, application, infrastructure, or security engineering environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of implementing and supporting security controls in Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or comparable cloud environments.
• Proficiency with securing Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, or related Microsoft technologies.
• Familiarity with data loss prevention (DLP), cloud access security broker (CASB), security service edge (SSE), security information and event management (SIEM), endpoint detection and response (EDR), identity, and cloud-native security controls.
• Capability to develop and automate solutions using Python, PowerShell, C#, Terraform, or comparable scripting and infrastructure‑as‑code technologies.
• Knowledge of integrating security controls into AI applications, APIs, data pipelines, development workflows, and AI-enabled systems.
• Understanding of generative AI, machine learning platforms, large language models (LLMs), retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), AI application architectures, and applicable AI security and governance frameworks, including NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, and ISO 42001.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, Azure Security Engineer, Security+, Microsoft AI certifications, or equivalent credentials; familiarity with enterprise security technologies, monitoring, incident response, identity and access management, data protection, network security, and application security practices.

Additional Information

Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the USA. No visa sponsoring available.

Pay Range: The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 - $234,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation: This position is entitled to short‑term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave : Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability : Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax‑Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

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Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 25 September 2026

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