Senior AI Security Engineer — Enterprise Risk

Axis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AXIS Capital is seeking a security engineering leader to design, develop, and operationalize secure AI capabilities within risk and security operations. You will deploy AI-powered agents to augment detection, investigation, and response workflows while enforcing robust data protection across enterprise platforms.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and secure integration of Copilot and Azure AI Foundry, with 5+ years in cybersecurity and a master’s or equivalent experience

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

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operationalize secure agentic AI capabilities in risk & security operations
• 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
• In this role, you will support enterprise-wide data protection and governance initiatives leveraging Microsoft 365 platforms
• Safeguard sensitive data, enable secure collaboration, and support emerging AI technologies like Copilot with proper data classification and protection standards
• The work is highly visible and directly impacts how the organization securely manages and scales its data environment
• Base salary range in the United States: $90K-$110K, with comprehensive benefits and incentive opportunities

Job description

AXIS Capital is seeking a security engineering leader to design, develop, and operationalize secure AI capabilities within risk and security operations. You will deploy AI-powered agents to augment detection, investigation, and response workflows while enforcing robust data protection across enterprise platforms.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and secure integration of Copilot and Azure AI Foundry, with 5+ years in cybersecurity and a master’s or equivalent experience