Senior AI Security Architect – Agentic AI & DSPM Lead

Cognizant; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid Holidays

401(k) Plan

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a senior security architect to own Agentic AI security architecture and data security strategy across Azure and AWS. You will design secure AI platforms and govern data flows through AI workloads, ensuring robust security controls from the design stage.

Ideal candidates bring deep Azure/M365 security expertise, experience securing AI platforms, and a strong track record in multi-cloud security and data governance in regulated environments. Visa sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Azure and Microsoft 365 security architecture, including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
• Proven experience designing and securing Agentic AI and Generative AI platforms in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience securing multi-cloud environments across Azure and AWS, including AWS Bedrock Agents, Lambda, and IAM.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Purview, including DSPM for AI, sensitivity labeling, data flow mapping, information protection, and ML-based auto-classification.
• Strong understanding of AI security, API security, agent-to-agent, agent-to-API, and agent-to-data access patterns.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot Studio and enterprise AI agent platforms.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust principles, identity security controls, and secure‑by‑design architectures.
• Proven track record of designing enterprise‑scale security solutions within regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, data protection, privacy and compliance requirements for AI‑enabled solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner effectively with Identity, AppSec, Engineering, and GRC teams.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and own the Agentic AI Reference Security Architecture, including Platform 1.0 security hardening and future roadmap enhancements.
• Implement, operationalize, and manage Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI, leveraging Microsoft FastTrack services where appropriate.
• Establish and maintain enterprise sensitivity labeling and machine learning-based auto-classification standards for AI-related data.
• Map, monitor, and govern data flows into and out of AI agents and AI-enabled workloads.
• Define security architecture standards for agent-to-API and agent-to-data access patterns.
• Design and secure Agentic AI solutions across a multi-cloud environment, including Azure and AWS, ensuring consistent security controls regardless of deployment location.
• Collaborate closely with Identity, Application Security (AppSec), and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) teams to ensure the security controls are embedded into solutions from the design stage.

Skills

Azure security

Microsoft 365 security

Agentic AI security

Generative AI security

Multi-cloud security

AWS Bedrock

IAM

DSPM (Purview)

Zero Trust

Data governance

Compliance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a senior security architect to own Agentic AI security architecture and data security strategy across Azure and AWS. You will design secure AI platforms and govern data flows through AI workloads, ensuring robust security controls from the design stage.

Ideal candidates bring deep Azure/M365 security expertise, experience securing AI platforms, and a strong track record in multi-cloud security and data governance in regulated environments. Visa sponsorship is not offered.