AI Security Specialist

Location: In-office in the United States, with locations including Pittsburgh, PA; Cleveland, OH; Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Birmingham, AL; and Lakewood, CO.

Base salary: $91,000–$185,900 annually, plus incentive eligibility.

Company

hirify.global is a financial services organization with a Technology organization focused on customer experience, enterprise risk management, and information security.

What you will do

• Secure AI/ML applications, models, agents, APIs, tools, and supporting infrastructure.
• Identify, investigate, contain, remediate, and report AI-specific threats such as prompt injection, sensitive data exposure, malicious model activity, unauthorized AI usage, and tool abuse.
• Analyze LLM prompts, responses, telemetry, model interactions, agent communications, and identity activity for malicious or anomalous behavior.
• Investigate IAM threats involving users, applications, service accounts, AI agents, and non-human identities, including excessive permissions, token abuse, compromised credentials, and privilege escalation.
• Perform cloud, network, identity, and application forensic analysis and develop or tune detection rules using identity, endpoint, network, cloud, and application telemetry.
• Provide remediation guidance, support AI security risk and regulatory requirements, and collaborate with development, security engineering, identity, threat intelligence, incident response, and governance teams.

Requirements

• Typically a bachelor's degree and 5+ years of industry-relevant experience; an equivalent combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience, including military service, may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Knowledge of AI/ML, generative AI security, cybersecurity, information security, security operations, and cyber threat intelligence.
• Strong IAM knowledge, including authentication, authorization, OAuth 2.0, access tokens, API permissions, service principals, workload and managed identities, privileged access, and least-privilege principles.
• Experience or knowledge of cloud identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID and AWS IAM, as well as API keys, secrets, and certificates.
• Knowledge of AI agents, APIs, tool integrations, Model Context Protocol, SIEM/XDR detection development, and AI security monitoring.
• Ability to perform network, cloud, identity, and application forensics and analyze security logs and telemetry.
• Knowledge of AI security frameworks and guidance, including MITRE ATLAS, OWASP guidance for LLM/GenAI applications, and NIST AI RMF.
• Analytical thinking, effective communication, problem solving, information assurance, security technology, policy, and software security assurance skills.
• This is not a vulnerability assessment role. No certification or license is required.

Nice to have

• Relevant AI or AI security certifications such as GAIPT, GOAA, GMLE, AAISM, Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals, or AWS Certified AI Practitioner.
• Security operations, cloud, or identity certifications such as GCIH, Microsoft SC-200, or AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
• Digital forensics certifications such as CFCE, CHFI, or CDFE.
• One or more relevant certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• In-office work is expected.
• Full-time employment with an inclusive workplace and a focus on customer service, risk management, and collaboration.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, HSA, life and disability insurance, 401(k) matching, pension, stock purchase plans, and dependent-care support.
• Educational assistance, wellness programs, paid holidays, occasional absence days, and 15–25 vacation days depending on career level and service.
• hirify.global does not provide employment visa sponsorship or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Hiring process

• Accommodation requests must include “accommodation request” in the email subject and provide the applicant's name, job ID, and preferred contact method.
• Employment is subject to applicable FDIA Section 19 and, where relevant, SAFE Act or FINRA requirements concerning certain criminal histories.