Global AI Security & Governance Director

Vantage Data Centers Management Company LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

401k with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Vantage Data Centers is seeking an AI Cybersecurity Director based in Denver, CO or Ashburn, VA, with 10+ years in cybersecurity. You will lead security for AI/ML/LLM platforms, enforce data protection, and manage risk across cloud, on-prem, and OT-adjacent environments.

Role requires governance, incident response, and cross-functional leadership to securely scale AI initiatives while aligning with enterprise standards. Hybrid on-site policy applies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in cybersecurity or related field.
• 10+ years in cybersecurity, security architecture, or risk engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience securing data pipelines, APIs, cloud platforms, and ML-enabled systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish enterprise governance for detection, classification, and management of unauthorized AI across business units.
• Define and enforce security architecture standards for AI, ML, and LLM platforms across cloud, hybrid, on-prem, and OT-adjacent environments.
• Provide security design oversight and approval for AI systems, including data pipelines, model hosting, inference paths, APIs, and integrations.
• Define enterprise methodology for AI security assessment covering architecture, design, and implementation across applications, agents, and workflows.
• Ensure AI architectures enforce segmentation, least privilege, deterministic behavior, and fail-safe operation, particularly where OT or critical infrastructure data is involved.
• Establish AI-specific incident response playbooks and lead response to AI-related security, safety, or governance incidents.
• Enforce controls preventing unauthorized model retraining, autonomous learning, or use of live production or OT data outside approved intent.
• Define security requirements for explainability, traceability, and output validation where AI influences operational, workforce, safety, or compliance outcomes.
• Drive alignment with ISO 42001 and related AI governance standards across applicable teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Data protection

Access governance

Incident response

Cross-functional leadership

AI/ML security

LLM security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity / CS / DS / Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Vantage Data Centers is seeking an AI Cybersecurity Director based in Denver, CO or Ashburn, VA, with 10+ years in cybersecurity. You will lead security for AI/ML/LLM platforms, enforce data protection, and manage risk across cloud, on-prem, and OT-adjacent environments.

Role requires governance, incident response, and cross-functional leadership to securely scale AI initiatives while aligning with enterprise standards. Hybrid on-site policy applies.