Frontier Cyber Lead: Agentic AI Defense & Strategy

EY; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 324,000; Full time

Job summary

EY seeks a seasoned Cybersecurity leader to advance frontier capabilities in Cyber Agentic AI. You will drive technical strategy, architecture governance, and cross-enterprise defense initiatives, advising executives and shaping enterprise risk frameworks.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, develop roadmaps, and collaborate with Global Markets and alliance partners to deliver measurable security outcomes in the AI age.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related field with significant cyber safety experience (12–15+ years)
• Hands-on experience implementing and securing enterprise cybersecurity and crypto systems
• Demonstrated experience designing and reviewing enterprise architectures, reference models, and distributed system designs
• Experience leading multi-year enterprise cyber and transformation programs, TLS modernization and PKI redesign

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and strategic leadership for the development and adoption of Cyber Agentic frontier defense capabilities, tools, and assessments across the enterprise.
• Develop and drive Cyber Agentic frontier programs, assessments, and implementation roadmaps.
• Shape and support go-to-market (GTM) strategy for Cyber by working with Cyber teams and Global Markets, sector teams, and alliance partners.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and clients, articulating risks, architectures, and opportunities in Cyber agentic frontier safety.
• Advise senior technical and business leaders on AI model sandboxes, model misbehavior, zero day vulnerability brute force discovery, defensive agentic sentries, proprietary vs open weight models capabilities and their impact on enterprise systems.
• Produce executive-ready documentation, architecture standards, and thought leadership.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Agentic AI

Leadership

Strategy development

Executive advisory

Education

MS/PhD in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

TLS modernization

PKI redesign

Cyber defense frameworks

Job description

EY seeks a seasoned Cybersecurity leader to advance frontier capabilities in Cyber Agentic AI. You will drive technical strategy, architecture governance, and cross-enterprise defense initiatives, advising executives and shaping enterprise risk frameworks.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, develop roadmaps, and collaborate with Global Markets and alliance partners to deliver measurable security outcomes in the AI age.