Senior Data & AI Security Architect – Secure by Design

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Paid training

Benefits eligibility from day one

Flexible work schedule

On-site wellness center at HQ in houst

Job summary

CenterPoint Energy is seeking a Senior Data & AI Cybersecurity Architect to secure enterprise data platforms and AI-enabled solutions in a regulated infrastructure environment. You will design security guardrails to keep every database, LLM, and automation tool secure by design.

Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Privacy, IT, Legal, and Risk teams to ensure data and AI capabilities are secure and resilient throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data platforms, cloud and hybrid environments, and AI/ML or advanced analytics systems.
• Experience with OWASP Top 10 for LLMs and NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
• Knowledge of Data Classification/DLP/DSPM/AiSPM security tools.
• Familiarity with cloud security standards (Azure and GCP).
• Certifications like CISSP or CCP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise data and AI security architecture standards and patterns.
• Collaborate with development teams to embed security from design through deployment in CI/CD pipelines.
• Assess and mitigate AI security risks including prompt injection and data poisoning.
• Secure interfaces where AI models interact with users and applications.
• Monitor AI outputs for data leakage and unauthorized access.
• Oversee data security programs: classification, DLP, encryption, and database monitoring.
• Design automated workflows to discover and label sensitive data across sources.
• Architect Zero Trust data access and encryption standards; ensure data restoration readiness.
• Conduct threat modeling and security reviews for data and AI solutions.
• Identify attack paths and compensating controls for multi-cloud environments.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Data security

AI security

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

OWASP Top 10 for LLMs

NIST AI RMF

Data Classification tools

Job description

CenterPoint Energy is seeking a Senior Data & AI Cybersecurity Architect to secure enterprise data platforms and AI-enabled solutions in a regulated infrastructure environment. You will design security guardrails to keep every database, LLM, and automation tool secure by design.

Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Privacy, IT, Legal, and Risk teams to ensure data and AI capabilities are secure and resilient throughout the lifecycle.