Security AI Engineer - Enterprise AI & Data Protection

Axis; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Professional development

Job summary

AXIS Capital seeks a security engineering leader to design, deploy, and govern AI-enabled security agents for risk and security operations. You will enforce enterprise AI controls, mitigate AI risks, and lead governance across Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, Purview, and M365 security.

The role emphasizes human-in-the-loop oversight and scalable data protection in a complex enterprise environment. The candidate should have 5+ years in cybersecurity, data protection, and security

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field (Master’s preferred), OR equivalent experience leading enterprise-scale security engineering initiatives
• 5+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, data protection, or security engineering
• Proven experience designing and securing enterprise AI platforms, including Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry
• Hands-on expertise with Microsoft security and compliance ecosystems, including Microsoft Purview, Microsoft 365, Azure, and Entra ID security architecture
• Proven expertise in Data Security and Protection, including DLP, classification, and insider risk management
• Demonstrated ability to architect and lead enterprise security solutions with strategy, roadmaps, and cross-functional collaboration
• Strong development and automation capabilities in Python, PowerShell, TypeScript; secure API integration; CI/CD; AI-enabled workflows on Azure
• Experience with security analytics and telemetry across Microsoft 365, Azure, endpoints, and AI systems
• Ability to lead in complex environments, mentor juniors, and drive technical decisions
• Experience with prompt engineering techniques or semantic caching is a plus
• OWASP Top 10 for LLMs familiarity is preferred
• Cybersecurity certifications such as AI-102, AI-900, SC-400, MS-102, CompTIA Security+ or SecAI+ are a plus

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 (DLP, Information Protection, Insider Risk) 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

AI security

Security engineering

Python

TypeScript

CI/CD

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 security

Azure security

Entra ID security

Exchange/SharePoint/OneDrive/Teams security

Job description

AXIS Capital seeks a security engineering leader to design, deploy, and govern AI-enabled security agents for risk and security operations. You will enforce enterprise AI controls, mitigate AI risks, and lead governance across Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, Purview, and M365 security.

The role emphasizes human-in-the-loop oversight and scalable data protection in a complex enterprise environment. The candidate should have 5+ years in cybersecurity, data protection, and security