AI Security Architect
US$150,000 / yr base salary
Posted 28 Aug 2026
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- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
| Base salary | US$150,000 / yr |
|---|
CertificationsCCNP Enterprise, GMON, SecurityX, CASP+, CCSP, CISM, CISSO, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, Cloud+, CSSLP, FITSP-D, GCIA, GCSA, GDSA, GICSP, GSEC
Study levelBachelor's
About Us
AGE Solutions is a premier technology and professional services company, providing in-depth consulting, advanced technology solutions, and essential services throughout the U.S. government, defense, and intelligence sectors. Prioritizing innovation and client-focused solutions, we assist major agencies in addressing intricate issues and ensuring a more secure future.
The AI Security Architect provides specialized security engineering and architecture guidance for the secure integration, development, and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities, including Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI. This position serves as a security consultant to Mission Partners, system owners, ISSMs/ISSOs, architects, and development teams to ensure AI-enabled solutions protect mission information and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) throughout model training, deployment, and inference.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide security architecture and engineering guidance for AI/ML systems, LLMs, generative AI, and associated supporting infrastructure.
- Apply the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) to AI/ML system design, integration, deployment, and operation.
- Identify and recommend mitigations for AI-specific security threats and vulnerabilities, including prompt injection, data poisoning, model evasion, and related attack vectors.
- Architect and review secure data pipelines used to collect, process, train, validate, and provide data to AI/ML models.
- Develop security approaches that protect mission data and CUI used during model training and inference.
- Evaluate AI/ML architectures and data flows to identify security weaknesses and recommend threat-informed engineering solutions.
- Translate DoD cybersecurity, RMF, and NIST requirements into practical security controls for AI-enabled systems.
- Collaborate with system owners, architects, developers, ISSMs, and ISSOs to integrate security into AI/ML capabilities from concept through production.
- Communicate AI security risks, recommended mitigations, and architectural alternatives to both technical teams and Government leadership.
Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
- 10+ years of related experience.
- DoD 8140 Work Role 652 – Security Architect Certification requirement (must have at least one of the following): CCNP Enterprise, GMON, SecurityX / CASP+, CCSP, CISM, CISSO, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, Cloud+, CSSLP, FITSP-D, GCIA, GCSA, GDSA, GICSP, GSEC