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AI Security Operations Engineer

AstraZeneca
Gaithersburg, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Jul 2026
💰 $204,066/yr($136,044/yr$204,066/yr)

About the role

The AI Security Operations Engineeris responsible for securing, operationalizing, and scaling AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI systems across the enterprise. This role bridges security architecture, AI governance, and operational security, ensuring AI systems are designed, deployed, and monitored with securitybydesign and runtime assurance. 

This role operates as a handson technical leader and trusted advisor to engineering, AI, and business stakeholders, translating AI risk into actionable security controls without slowing innovation. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Lead security design and operational oversight for AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI initiatives across the enterprise  

  • Define and operationalize AI security frameworks, standards, and review processes that govern model lifecycle, data usage, and autonomous behavior 

  • Conduct AIfocused security architecture reviews and threat modeling to identify and mitigate risks before deployment 

  • Support and monitoragentic and autonomous AI workflows, ensuring guardrails, accountability, and runtime visibility 

  • Partner with AI leadership and accelerator programs to enable secure AI adoption at scale 

  • Translate complex AI and cybersecurity risks into clear business and patientimpact narratives for senior leadership 

  • Contribute to and evolve enterprise AI governance programs, aligning with global regulatory expectations (e.g., NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act, privacy frameworks) 

  • Enable continuous improvement of AI security operations through automation, metrics, and repeatable processes 

 

Required Qualifications 

  • Bachelor's Degree

  • 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, security engineering, or security operations 

  • Demonstrated expertise securing cloud, hybrid, and onprem environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)   

  • Handson experience with AI/ML security, Generative AI, and Agentic AI concepts 

  • Proven ability to build and scale enterprise security frameworks for emerging technologies 

  • Strong background in threat modeling, risk analysis, and secure solution design 

  • Experience advising and influencing multiple stakeholders across hundreds of initiatives annually <

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