Senior AI Security Lead (Contract) - AI & Cloud Defense

Cybersecurity Jobs; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior AI Security Analyst for a one-year fixed-term, onsite role. You will apply an offensive mindset to secure AI systems, embedding intelligent automation across the security practice while coordinating with security, applications, and infrastructure teams.

The position is a contract opportunity with compensation between USD 89,100 and 120,400 per year, commensurate with education and experience.

Qualifications

• Typically a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, information systems management, business administration, or a related field.
• Certifications: OSCP, CEH, CISSP; CompTIA SecAI a plus.
• Minimum 3 years of cybersecurity, information security, or security operations experience.
• Experience configuring and managing network security systems, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, and end-point security.
• Experience with AI-enabled technologies and governance considerations.
• Familiarity with Defender, Copilot, and AWS cloud.
• Knowledge of AI governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act).
• Background in threat intelligence or adversarial machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Leverage AI for SOC automation and alert tuning with Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra, and Copilot.
• Implement AI-powered threat detection and security monitoring across endpoints, networks, cloud, and apps.
• Participate in security assessments, vulnerability testing, and threat simulations.
• Develop and maintain security controls, detection logic, and monitoring to identify AI misuse.
• Support data loss prevention controls tied to approved AI tech.
• Track CVEs and threat intelligence to translate findings into mitigations.
• Embed security checkpoints into AI-augmented development workflows.
• Strengthen cloud security posture with AWS and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

Threat detection

Security monitoring

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Copilot

AWS GuardDuty

AWS Security Hub

AWS Inspector

DLP

SIEM

Job description

Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior AI Security Analyst for a one-year fixed-term, onsite role. You will apply an offensive mindset to secure AI systems, embedding intelligent automation across the security practice while coordinating with security, applications, and infrastructure teams.

The position is a contract opportunity with compensation between USD 89,100 and 120,400 per year, commensurate with education and experience.