Principal Security AI Engineer — Enterprise AI Security & Data

AXIS (AXIS Capital); Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AXIS Capital is seeking a cybersecurity leader to design, develop, and operationalize secure agentic AI capabilities within risk and security operations. You will build AI-powered agents, enforce governance, implement data protection controls, and integrate with SIEM/XDR to enhance detection and response across the enterprise.

The role requires experience in securing AI platforms, data protection, and collaboration with Security, IT, Legal, and Business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field (Master’s preferred) OR equivalent experience leading enterprise-scale security engineering initiatives

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and maintain AI-powered security agents to augment detection, investigation, and response workflows
• Identify high-value use cases where AI agents can accelerate analyst productivity and improve outcomes
• Continuously validate agent performance, accuracy, and reliability in real-world operations
• Enforce strong security controls for enterprise AI platforms (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry)
• Mitigate AI-specific risks including data leakage, prompt injection, oversharing, and unauthorized access
• Establish evaluation practices for agent accuracy, hallucination risk, false positives/false negatives, failure modes, explainability, audit logging, and measurable operational impact.
• Ensure human-in-the-loop oversight to include analysts challenge, refine, and retrain AI-driven outcomes
• Deploy and optimize Microsoft Purview capabilities across M365 and AI platforms
• Implement DLP controls for AI interactions and outputs to prevent sensitive data exposure
• Monitor and tune data protection policies to meet regulatory and business requirements
• Define and enforce access controls, data handling policies, and auditability for AI agents and automated workflows
• Ensure all AI-driven processes align with Zero Trust and least privilege principles
• Evaluate and onboard new AI tools and agents with a security-first approach
• Monitor AI platform activity and data usage to detect anomalies, misuse, or policy violations
• Support incident response and investigations involving AI systems and data exposure scenarios
• Integrate AI agent workflows with SIEM/XDR platforms for context enrichment and triage
• Support enterprise rollout of AI governance and data security programs

Skills

Python

PowerShell

TypeScript

secure API integration

Microsoft Graph

CI/CD

Azure Functions

Logic Apps

security analytics

threat-informed defense

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Copilot

Copilot Studio

Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft 365

Azure

Entra ID

Job description

AXIS Capital is seeking a cybersecurity leader to design, develop, and operationalize secure agentic AI capabilities within risk and security operations. You will build AI-powered agents, enforce governance, implement data protection controls, and integrate with SIEM/XDR to enhance detection and response across the enterprise.

The role requires experience in securing AI platforms, data protection, and collaboration with Security, IT, Legal, and Business teams.