Senior AI Security & Governance Consultant

Thrive; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive is seeking a client-facing Senior AI Security Architect to help organizations adopt AI safely, securely, and responsibly through validated security, compliance, governance, and data protection controls. This role is the technical authority for AI security architecture within AI Services.

You will work with Microsoft Advisory and Thrive's teams to assess readiness, design governance controls, and support architecture decisions that enable scalable AI adoption for our clients.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, governance, or compliance consulting.
• Hands-on Microsoft Purview assessment and implementation experience.
• Strong written and verbal executive communication skills.
• Experience leading customer-facing engagements.
• Experience with AI security, data protection, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Purview assessments and implementation engagements.
• Conduct AI security readiness assessments with Microsoft Advisory.
• Perform Microsoft 365 AI security reviews and data exposure findings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align governance controls with AI deployments.
• Deliver actionable remediation plans and risk mitigations.
• Present findings to executive stakeholders.

Skills

AI Security

Cybersecurity

Microsoft Purview

Governance

Client Engagement

Security Architecture

Cloud Security

Tools

Microsoft 365 Defender

Entra ID

Copilot

Job description

About Us

Thrive delivers upon the promise of technology by enabling our clients’ digital transformation journeys with best practices on an AI, cybersecurity and cloud focused NextGen managed services platform.

Thrive’s culture is powered by diverse talent, big ideas, and a customer-first mindset—and it’s what truly sets us apart. Thrive is built for people who want more than a weekday routine. If you’re hungry to grow, eager to tackle new challenges and ready to drive real impact in a rapidly expanding environment, then welcome to THRIVE!

Position Overview

Thrive is seeking a client-facing Senior AI Security Architect to help organizations adopt AI safely, securely, and responsibly through technically validated security, compliance, governance, and data protection controls.

This role serves as Thrive’s technical authority for AI security architecture, technical risk validation, Microsoft Purview implementation, and governance-control design within AI Services. A successful candidate should be highly knowledgeable of technologies like Microsoft Purview, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, and other AI security and governance tools. You will work directly with client stakeholders and Thrive’s Microsoft Advisory team to assess technical AI security readiness, identify security and compliance risks, evaluate data exposure, design practical governance controls, and support architecture decisions that enable organizations to scale AI with confidence.

As AI adoption accelerates, organizations must understand what data AI can access, who has access to that data, what compliance risks exist, and how technical governance controls should be implemented and validated before deployment. You will lead the technical security and control conversations while partnering with Microsoft Advisory on Microsoft-focused strategy, Copilot and AI readiness, licensing and capability alignment, adoption, optimization, governance operating models, and executive roadmaps.

This role sits within the AI Services organization and works closely with Microsoft Advisory, the AI Governance team, Security Operations, Cloud Security, Microsoft Engineering Services, and other technical teams to ensure clients have a secure technical foundation for AI adoption.

What You’ll Do

Lead Microsoft Purview Technical Assessment & Implementation Engagements

• Serve as Thrive’s technical subject matter expert for Microsoft Purview architecture, implementation, testing, and validation within AI Services.
• Assess client compliance, governance-control, data protection, and information protection requirements from a technical security perspective.
• Design, configure, implement, and validate Microsoft Purview solutions including Information Protection, Sensitivity Labels, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Data Lifecycle Management, AI-DSPM, Records Management, eDiscovery, Communication Compliance, Insider Risk Management, and Compliance Manager.
• Contribute technical control recommendations to governance roadmaps and compliance strategies led in partnership with Microsoft Advisory.
• Lead Purview technical workshops, architecture reviews, implementation planning sessions, and technical findings readouts.

Conduct AI Security & Technical Readiness Assessments

Evaluate technical security readiness for AI deployments, in coordination with Microsoft Advisory where Microsoft business readiness, adoption, licensing, and roadmap alignment are in scope. Platforms may include:

• Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Microsoft Copilot Chat
• Copilot Studio
• ChatGPT Business and Enterprise
• Claude Business and Enterprise
• Snowflake Cortex
• Third-party AI platforms and AI agents
• Emerging enterprise AI technologies

Responsibilities include

• AI security assessments
• Technical governance-control maturity reviews
• Data exposure analysis
• Privacy and compliance reviews
• AI risk assessments
• Vendor security evaluations
• Policy and control recommendations

Perform Microsoft 365 AI Security Environment Reviews

Lead technical discovery and assessment engagements focused on Microsoft 365 security posture, data exposure, permissions, identity controls, and AI-related risk validation.

Activities include

• Microsoft 365 tenant security assessments
• SharePoint permissions reviews
• OneDrive data exposure analysis
• Teams governance reviews
• Microsoft Entra ID security assessments
• Conditional Access reviews
• Sensitive data discovery
• Identity and access management reviews
• External sharing assessments
• Security control gap analysis

Deliver technical findings and remediation recommendations that support Microsoft Advisory’s broader Copilot readiness, adoption, governance, and executive roadmap deliverables.

Support AI Governance Strategy Through Technical Security and Control Expertise

Partner with Microsoft Advisory and client leadership teams to contribute technical security, risk, privacy, and governance‑control expertise to AI governance strategies and roadmaps.

Responsibilities include

• Technical governance‑control workshops
• AI policy control input and technical validation
• Technical risk and remediation planning
• Security, privacy, and data protection control design
• Compliance control mapping and implementation planning
• Technical findings that inform executive briefings and roadmap recommendations led with Microsoft Advisory

Help clients balance innovation with security, compliance, responsible AI practices, and technically validated governance controls.

Lead Client Engagements

Act as the primary technical security and governance‑control architect during AI Services engagements, while partnering with Microsoft Advisory on broader Microsoft strategy, adoption, licensing, readiness, optimization, operating model, and executive roadmap discussions.

You will regularly engage with:

• CIOs
• CISOs
• IT Directors
• Compliance Officers
• Risk Leaders
• Legal Teams
• Security Teams
• Executive Leadership

You must be comfortable facilitating workshops, conducting stakeholder interviews, presenting findings, and managing complex client discussions.

Collaborate Across Technical Teams

Work closely with:

Microsoft Advisory

• Microsoft-focused strategy, Copilot and AI readiness, licensing and capability alignment, adoption, optimization, governance operating models, and executive roadmaps
• Joint development of client recommendations where technical security and governance controls support broader Microsoft advisory outcomes

AI Governance Team

• Governance monitoring and managed governance services
• Compliance reporting and control oversight
• Coordination of operational SOC support for AI-related security monitoring, investigations, escalation, and response workflows

Cloud Security Teams

• Identity and access management
• Security architecture reviews
• Zero Trust initiatives

Security Operations Center (SOC)

• Operational SOC support will be coordinated through the AI Governance team for AI-related monitoring, investigations, incident response coordination, and threat escalation needs.

AI Services Team

• Copilot deployment security and control validation
• AI solution security architecture
• Technical AI security and governance‑control services
• Client technical risk reduction and secure AI enablement initiatives

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity, governance, compliance, Microsoft Purview, or Microsoft security consulting experience.
• Experience leading customer-facing technical security, compliance, or implementation engagements.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Purview assessment, architecture, configuration, implementation, testing, and validation.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 security, compliance, identity, access, information protection, and data governance capabilities.
• Experience assessing identity, access management, permissions, data exposure, and AI-related security controls.
• Excellent executive communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate technical findings into business‑focused risk, control, and remediation recommendations.
• Experience creating technical assessment reports, control recommendations, implementation plans, and remediation plans.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Purview certifications.
• Microsoft Security certifications.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot deployments.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender technologies.
• Understanding of AI governance frameworks and responsible AI principles.
• Knowledge of NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).
• Experience supporting regulated industries including healthcare, financial services, and legal organizations.
• Familiarity with ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude Business, Snowflake Cortex, and other enterprise AI platforms.
• Experience developing AI usage policies and governance standards.

Key Deliverables

This role is accountable for producing:

• AI Security and Technical Readiness Assessments
• Microsoft 365 AI Security and Data Exposure Findings
• Microsoft Purview Technical Assessments
• Purview Architecture, Configuration, Implementation, Testing, and Validation Plans
• Security and Privacy Control Reviews
• Data Exposure Reports
• Technical Risk Registers
• Security and Governance‑Control Recommendations that support Microsoft Advisory-led roadmaps
• AI Policy Control Recommendations
• Purview Implementation Plans
• Technical Findings Readouts and Remediation Recommendations

Success Measures

Success in this role is measured by:

• Client satisfaction and engagement outcomes
• Successful Microsoft Purview deployments
• Quality of governance and security recommendations
• Reduction of AI‑related risk exposures
• Expansion of AI Services, adjacent Thrive opportunities, and cross‑team collaboration
• Adoption of governance controls and best practices
• Executive stakeholder confidence and trust

Why This Role Matters

This role is a foundational position within Thrive AI Services and will help establish Thrive as a trusted partner for secure and responsible AI adoption.

You will be at the forefront of helping organizations understand their data exposure, manage technical AI risk, implement governance controls, and safely deploy the next generation of AI technologies. Your work will directly support secure adoption of Microsoft Copilot, AI agents, and emerging enterprise AI platforms while complementing Microsoft Advisory’s leadership in Microsoft strategy, readiness, adoption, optimization, operating models, and executive roadmaps.