Specialist – Cloud Security & AI Security

JOB PURPOSE

Implement and operate cloud and AI security controls across Azure, Microsoft 365, hybrid environments and approved AI/ML and agentic AI platforms, with a strong focus on secure AI deployment, testing, guardrails, identity, data protection, monitoring and remediation.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform security reviews for Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry/Services, Azure Machine Learning, Copilot Studio and approved third-party AI platforms.
• Assess prompt injection, jailbreak, insecure output handling, excessive agency, tool abuse, data leakage and AI supply-chain risks.
• Validate secure RAG, content-safety controls, human approval gates, logging, rate limits and action boundaries.
• Maintain inventories of AI agents, owners, environments, permissions, connectors, data sources and risk status.
• Operate CSPM/CNAPP and workload-protection controls using Microsoft Defender for Cloud or equivalent tools.
• Review managed identities, service principals, APIs, Key Vault, private endpoints, network isolation and encryption controls.
• Support DevSecOps controls including IaC, dependency, secret and container scanning.
• Investigate cloud and AI security alerts, preserve evidence, support containment and track remediation.
• Maintain procedures, test cases, dashboards and technical documentation.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Technical Skills

• Azure and Microsoft 365 security; Defender for Cloud; CSPM/CNAPP.
• Azure OpenAI, AI Foundry/Services, secure RAG, agentic AI security and AI guardrails.
• IAM, managed identities, API security, private connectivity and DevSecOps.
• Working knowledge of NIST AI RMF and OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications.

Certifications

• Preferred: AZ-500, SC-100 or AI-102.
• Preferred: CCSP, CCSK, CISSP, CISM or equivalent.
• Preferred: AI/ML security, OWASP LLM, Kubernetes security or DevSecOps training.

Minimum Work Experience

• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience, including hands-on cloud-security experience and practical exposure to AI/ML, GenAI or agentic AI security.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, IT, Engineering or an equivalent discipline.