CS Architect, Sr

Entergy; The Woodlands (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking a Sr. Security Architect to lead the design, review, and deployment of AI security architectures across multi-cloud environments.

The role focuses on secure deployment of AI products and governance of AI models and agents within Entergy's enterprise infrastructure. The position requires expertise in IAM, API security, MCP, and model governance, with strong knowledge of NIST/ISO-based controls and data protection.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of information security domains with an emphasis on Cloud services (AWS, Azure, O365).
• Experience designing and implementing AI security architectures and governance.
• Familiarity with security standards (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, NERC CIP) and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Architect and secure AI solutions in multi-cloud environments.
• Define security requirements for cloud-based AI solutions based on business strategy and standards.
• Develop governance frameworks for AI agents and runtime security controls.

Skills

ML pipeline

AI model governance

Identity and Access Management

API connectivity

MCP

API security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / Cyber Security / IS / Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

THIS IS A HYBRID POSITION (Remote & Onsite)***

This position will be filled as a Security Architect or Security Architect Sr depending on qualifications and experience of the candidate***

This position may be filled in The Woodlands TX, New Orleans LA, Jackson MS, or Little Rock AR. Other locations within Entergy7s service territory may be considered***

Job Title: CS Architect, Sr
PS Job Title: CS Architect, Sr
Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid
Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

• THIS IS A HYBRID POSITION (Remote & Onsite)***
• This position will be filled as a Security Architect or Security Architect Sr depending on qualifications and experience of the candidate***
• This position may be filled in The Woodlands TX, New Orleans LA, Jackson MS, or Little Rock AR. Other locations within Entergy7s service territory may be considered***

Job Summary
The Sr. Security Architect utilizes their knowledge of IT and information security engineering to lead and/or participate in the development of assigned projects or solutions. The Sr. Security Architect focuses on implementing security requirements for assigned projects and solutions while maintaining compliance with internal and externals policies and regulations.

This Sr. Security Architect role focuses on the design, review of AI Security architecture and as well as the deployment and management of AI Solutions at Entergy. It includes (but not limited to) the secure deployment of AI products/services, administration and governance of AI models, deployment and management of AI agents and infrastructure supporting AI use cases. This role will also provide governance and oversight into the consumption of AI, providing input, providing input into aspects such as the creation of usage policies, forecasting and optimizing token consumption, model selection while maintaining stringent security controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and secure AI solutions in multi-cloud environment to enable secure deployment of enterprise AI solutions.
• Establish security requirements for cloud-based solutions by evaluating business strategies anongoing goved requirements, researching cloud infrastructure security standards such as NIST CSF and NERC CIP
• Architect, build, and enforce security guard rails for AI agents, establishing robust governance frameworks to monitor and control agentic behaviors.
• Participate in review of new applications with AI features.
• Leads the product selection or review for new cloud and AI security technologies, conducting Proof of concepts (POC), and technical evaluations.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with process owners/business units to proactively assess business risks and develop risk mitigation.
• Design and participate in the continued management and maintenance of AI security policies, Standards, guardrails, and roadmaps.
• Design and implement security controls for SaaS and PaaS AI integrations to ensure continuous data protection, DLP, and regulatory compliance.
• Participate in security and non-security projects to ensure that security requirements are defined and implemented
• Perform assessments and threat modeling of existing and emerging technologies to ensure they meet Entergy security and compliance requirements
• Evangelize and advocate for information security with stakeholders
• Monitor emerging trends in Information Security and technology and make or suggest changes to Entergy7s security posture as necessary

Experience needed

• Knowledge and experience in ML pipeline architecture. Concepts of data ingestion, Authentication & Data security, Model Concept Protocol (MCP), and hosting infrastructure including knowledge of how Models are trained.
• Expertise in administering, configuring and monitoring enterprise level AI models.
• Experience building governance frameworks for AI agents, managing agentic permission, tool execution and runtime security controls.
• Must have strong knowledge of Identity and Access Management, API connectivity, MCP, and API security.
• Familiarity with security concepts such as: evasion attacks, data poisoning & training-time attacks, Model extraction/inversion, prompt injection, inference attacks, supply-chain risks for pre-trained models.
• Organizational and time management skills
• Experience in working in partnership with colleagues throughout the enterprise

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Needed

• Familiarity with technologies commonly utilized within an enterprise IT and OT environment
• Strong knowledge of multiple information security domains with an emphasis in Cloud services (AWS, Azure, O365, etc.)
• Operating systems (*nix, Windows, IOS, etc.)
• Networking and network security
• APIs
• Secure coding/application security
• Vulnerability Management
• SIEM
• Identity and Access Management
• Penetration testing
• Scripting (Python, PowerShell, Perl, etc.)
• Security process and control development
• Endpoint protection technology
• OT systems and protocols
• Smart Grid technology

Some knowledge of IT Security regulations and guidance such as NIST, FISMA & ISO27001

Familiarity with The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Open Security Architecture, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cloud Computing Reference Architecture, or other architecture frameworks

Able to be hands-on with technical engineering and process management skills and the ability to advocate positive transformation within the broader information technology organization

Able to design & develop reference architectures

Able to design and develop an API based services layer for consistent integration with the security systems

Knowledge of security ramifications of energy related regulations (SOX, HIPAA, NERC CIP, FERC, and NRC Nuclear Cyber (10 CFR 73.54)

Knowledge of security, risk, and control frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001 and 27002, SANS-CAG, NIST, FISMA, COBIT, COSO and ITIL

Strong writing and analytic ability

Strong ability to communicate across the enterprise concisely and effectively

Available to travel

Self-motivated, with the ability to manage and follow up on multiple tasks simultaneously

Capable of meeting deadlines

Education needed

Bachelor7s degree in computer science, cyber security, information systems, engineering or a related discipline or equivalent work experience. Master7s degree is a plus.

Certifications

• ISACA or ISC2 certification, such as CISSP, CISM, CISA is a plus
• OSCP is a plus
• Relevant vendor credentials offered by companies such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc. are a plus

Primary Location: Texas-Woodlands Texas : The Woodlands || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : New Orleans || Mississippi : Jackson

Job Function: Corporate

FLSA Status: Professional

Relocation Option:

Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings: 1

Req ID: 125199

PS Job Title: CS Architect, Sr

Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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