chief enterprise architect

AstraZeneca

<div>Job Title: Director- Enterprise Integration Architect
GCL- F
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in shaping the future of enterprise integration at AstraZeneca? As a Director- Enterprise Integration Architect, you'll be at the forefront of developing and implementing innovative API products and technologies. Our Global Enterprise Architect (GEA) Team is dedicated to driving innovation across AstraZeneca's integration landscape, collaborating with diverse teams to deliver scalable solutions that meet business needs. You'll have the opportunity to lead on enterprise-level data architecture, ensuring alignment with AI platforms and fostering a culture of thought leadership and collaboration.
Accountabilities:<div>
Enterprise Integration Architecture Accountabilities: 
<ul><li>Design and develop scalable API solutions.</li><li>Collaborate with developers, product managers, and business analysts.</li><li>Set procedures, guidelines, and standards for API development.</li><li>Ensure APIs are secure, efficient, and easy to use.</li><li>Solve and resolve API performance issues.</li><li>Maintain and update API documentation.</li><li>Conduct code reviews and provide feedback to development teams.</li><li>Monitor API usage and performance metrics.</li><li>Implement API versioning and lifecycle management.</li><li>Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.</li><li>Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers.</li><li>Work closely with DevOps teams to ensure smooth deployment.</li><li>Participate in architectural discussions and decisions.</li><li>Develop and maintain API testing strategies.</li><li>Ensure compliance with data protection regulations.</li><li>Optimize API performance and scalability.</li><li>Manage API gateways and related infrastructure.</li><li>Coordinate with third-party vendors and partners.</li><li>Develop and implement API security measures.</li><li>Create and maintain API usage policies.</li><li>Thought leadership. Be change agents to help the organization adopt a good practice and standard in API Gateway-driven mindset. Take a pragmatic approach to the limitations and risks of API, Integration, and project a realistic picture in front of IT executives who provide overall digital thought leadership.</li><li>Collaborative mindset. To ensure that Integration/API platforms deliver both business and technical requirements, seek to collaborate effectively with data scientists, data engineers, data analysts, ML engineers, other architects, business unit leaders and CxOs (technical and nontechnical personnel), and harmonize the relationships among them.</li></ul></div><div>
EAIA/IT aligned Accountabilities: 
<ul><li>Deliver and manage Integration/API Architecture (EAIA), conceptual and logical models, for operational, master and API products including API models, Integration flows, master/reference data and metadata designs to meet one or more Business Capability requirements.</li><li>Work with business leaders to evolve Integration and API designs to support business strategy.</li><li>Own the Integration and API designs of one or more Business capability level Integration / API designs, especially major/sophisticated Business Capability areas.</li><li>Take on accountability for the Integration of major change programs impacting whole Business capability areas.</li><li>Assure API change projects in that Business Capability are aligned to Integration/ API through either delivering API / Gateway blueprint artefacts or assessing designs from API Models /Solution Architects assigned to the project.</li><li>Partner with the Data Offices to ensure data governance processes are enabled in all Integration and API designs and provide assurance evidence through standardized metrics: e.g., Master data consumption, data classification metadata application to support access processes.</li></ul></div>
Essential Skills/Experience:<div><ul><li> 
Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree or equivalent number of years of experience in a Data Science or AI engineering or related field.</li><li>Experience in leading and delivering enterprise Integration / API platform architectural thinking, and its practical application.</li><li>Experience in the use of conceptual and logical data modelling technologies.</li><li>Experience in defining and working with information and data regulatory governances.</li><li>The role holder will possess a blend of data/information architecture, analysis, and engineering skills.</li><li>Experience in known industry IT architectural patterns and IT architecture ways of working/methodologies (e.g. Snowflake, Snaplogic, API Management, etc.)</li><li>Understands Integration / API Platforms concepts and cloud-based containerization strategies for hybrid cloud environments.</li><li>Understanding the appropriate Integration / API structure and technology based on business use case and completely familiar with Integration / API lifecycles.</li></ul></div>
Desirable Skills/Experience:<div><ul><li> 
Post-graduate degree in MIS, Integration</li><li>Strong understanding of RESTful and SOAP APIs.</li><li>Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or Node.js.</li><li>Experience with API management tools like Apigee, Postman, or Swagger.</li><li>Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.</li><li>Familiarity with microservices architecture.</li><li>Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.</li><li>Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.</li><li>Experience with API security protocols like OAuth, JWT, and SSL.</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment.</li><li>Strong understanding of data formats like JSON and XML.</li><li>Experience with version control systems like Git.</li><li>Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.</li><li>Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.</li></ul>
Experience with performance tuning and optimization. 
<ul><li>Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).</li><li>Ability to mentor and guide junior developers.</li><li>Experience with API testing frameworks.</li><li>Knowledge of data protection regulations like GDPR.</li></ul></div>
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
At AstraZeneca, we are driven by the potential to influence change across our technology ecosystem. Our architects connect the dots across diverse business areas to enhance agility and functionality. With a view, we align emerging trends with business ambitions to deliver impactful solutions. Here, you'll have the freedom to explore innovative technologies that support our strategic goals. Your contributions will ultimately benefit patients worldwide as we strive for excellence in delivering life-changing medicines.
Ready to make an impact? Apply now to join our team as a Director- Enterprise Integration Architect!</div>

Director-Enterprise Integration Architect

ServiceNow

<div>Company Description 
It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today &mdash; ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500&reg;. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone. 
Job Description 
ServiceNow is seeking Enterprise Architects to join our Team. The Enterprise Architecture Team is part of our pre-sales organization focused on building credibility and trust with the technical leaders in our largest customers by developing cross-functional strategies and solutions. Our team brings technical expertise, real-world experience, strong executive engagement skills and an inspirational mindset to help our customers understand the opportunities of the &ldquo;platform of platforms&rdquo; vision. We act as technical leaders for our customers most complex solutions, designed to ensure that they can realize the value they need. We do this by leveraging best practice and industry standards to build customer trust and architect best in class solutions.
While collaborating with customers, partners, and the wider ServiceNow sales team, the right candidate will create and communicate high-level architectures and strategies that are both written and verbal, to audiences up to and including the CIO/CTO level. The Enterprise Architect will elegantly articulate the advantage of ServiceNow being built on a single cloud platform consisting of a single user interface, one code base and one data model. The Enterprise Architect will also lead and participate in the delivery of workshops, best practice overviews, and educational sessions to existing customers and partners.
What you get to do in this role:<ul><li>
Engage with customer executives to identify pain points and opportunities to deliver value and then translate them into solutions from ServiceNow</li><li>
Work with a wide variety of customers, colleagues and partners to help them understand the power of the Now platform and the potential opportunities of the future of work</li><li>
Lead architecture and design engagements to demonstrate how ServiceNow meets the needs of strategic customers, including; IT Transformation, Digital Products/Services, Platform as a Service, Enterprise Service Management, and the co-creation of industry specific solutions.</li><li>
Understand the business strategy of the customer and articulate how ServiceNow can enable and deliver value to their organization, seamlessly integrating into their current and future technology landscape</li><li>
Understand the detail behind the ServiceNow and platform of platforms architecture and communicate it at various levels</li><li>
Work with architecture development methods, modelling approaches and architecture patterns for integration</li><li>
Interact at multiple levels within a customer account (Enterprise Architects, Domain Architects, Directors, VPs, and CXOs) and maintain these relationships throughout their customer journey.</li><li>
Provide thought leadership and collaborate with internal ServiceNow business units</li><li>
Identify, lead and contribute to the creation of best practices, white papers, workshops, etc</li></ul> 

Qualifications 
 To be successful in this role you have:<ul><li>
Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.</li><li>
Passion and energy for building business relationships and is accustomed to driving the simplification of complex concepts into compelling customer proposals</li><li>
Drive for results using out-of-the-box innovative thinking together with excellent problem-solving skills</li><li>
An intrinsic ability to understand and prioritize work and is willing to make big bets when the time is right, to invest time and energy in the right areas.</li><li>
Willingness to jump-in and roll-up their sleeves alongside customers, colleagues and partners to get things done faster and better.</li><li>
15 or more years of proven success in influencing senior technology leaders to drive change in a pre-sales, customer, or delivery focused role.</li><li>
Successfully lead diverse teams to reach challenging goals and can leverage organizational networks to get things done.</li><li>
A track record of success in using Human Centered Design techniques to explore the customers current reality and set a vision for the future.</li><li>
Expertise designing, implementing and managing advanced architectures in an application domain and integrating multiple systems or platforms</li><li>
A proven track record of success with Enterprise Architecture or Application Architecture; pre-sales in a software vendor, in a large Enterprise or professional services environment.</li><li>
Familiarity with common Enterprise and Industry Architecture frameworks such as: TOGAF, Zachman, IT4IT, BIAN, TMForum, etc.</li><li>
Excellent understanding of the architectural principles for cloud-based platforms that include SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, and automation</li><li>
Experience and understanding of multiple technical domains - application, data, DevOps, AI/ML, integration, big data, mobility, analytics, etc.</li><li>
Intrinsically curious and passionate about researching current and emerging technologies and developing innovative solutions</li><li>
Experience presenting architecture concepts, designs, and goals to technology leaders and partners</li></ul> 
TR21 
Additional Information 
Work Personas
We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
Accommodations
We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact globaltalentss@servicenow.com for assistance.
Export Control Regulations
For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities.
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Principal Enterprise Architect - Manufacturing

Principal Enterprise Architect - TMT

BFSI - Principal Enterprise Architect

Atlantic Health

<div>Position Summary 
 
The Vice President, Chief Data Officer (CDO) provides enterprise leadership for data strategy, governance, and analytics across the healthcare system. This senior executive drives the vision, architecture, and execution of an integrated data ecosystem that fuels clinical, operational, and financial excellence. Partnering with executive, clinical, and business leaders, the CDO transforms data into actionable intelligence that improves outcomes, enhances efficiency, ensures revenue integrity, and enables strategic decision-making.
 
The role focuses on leveraging Vizient analytics for benchmarking and performance improvement and AWS/Redshift as the enterprise cloud data and analytics platform, while advancing digital enablement, unlocking value from analytics, and scaling trustworthy AI to deliver measurable improvements in quality, access, experience, growth, and cost. 
 
The role focuses on leveraging Vizient analytics for benchmarking and performance improvement and AWS/Redshift as the enterprise cloud data and analytics platform, while advancing digital enablement, unlocking value from analytics, and scaling trustworthy AI to deliver measurable improvements in quality, access, experience, growth, and cost.
Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Data Strategy and Value Creation
<ul><li>Define and execute a multi-year enterprise data and analytics strategy that treats data as a strategic asset across the continuum of care.
</li><li>Develop the organizational structure, roadmap, and governance model to support data-driven transformation across clinical, operational, and financial domains.
</li><li>Drive initiatives that unlock measurable economic and clinical value from data&mdash;reducing waste, optimizing resource allocation, and improving revenue cycle performance. 
</li></ul> 
2. Data Governance and Compliance
<ul><li>Design, implement, and enforce a comprehensive Data Governance framework (policies, standards, and procedures) to ensure data integrity, consistency, privacy, and compliance.
</li><li>Lead the creation of a unified data catalog and stewardship model to ensure accuracy, transparency, and accessibility of critical datasets. 
</li></ul> 
3.Data Quality, Trust, and Stewardship
<ul><li>Institute data stewardship, metadata management, and data quality monitoring programs aligned with HIPAA, CMS, and ONC regulations to ensure clinicians and leaders can trust data used for decision-making.
</li><li>Oversee ongoing data validation, lineage tracking, and master data management processes to maintain reliability and consistency. 
</li></ul><div> 
4. Modern Data Architecture and Cloud Enablement
 
<ul><li>Direct the modernization of the enterprise data architecture including cloud data platforms, data lakes, and data models built on AWS/Redshift.
</li><li>Lead the cloud-first strategy for data science, analytics, and AI/ML initiatives&mdash;ensuring scalability, security, and real-time analytics capabilities. 
</li></ul></div><div> 
5. Analytics, AI, and Innovation
 
<ul><li>Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of advanced analytics and AI/ML solutions&mdash;from ideation to deployment and performance monitoring.
</li><li>Champion data-driven innovations in clinical prediction, operational efficiency, supply chain optimization, and patient flow management.
</li><li>Establish and operationalize a Business Intelligence Center of Excellence (BICOE) to standardize reporting, visualization, and insight generation across the system. 
</li></ul></div><div> 
6. Ethical and Trustworthy AI
 
<ul><li>Develop and enforce standards for Ethical and Trustworthy AI, ensuring all models are transparent, explainable, fair, and continuously monitored for bias or drift.
</li><li>Ensure all analytics and AI initiatives adhere to ethical, regulatory, and privacy standards, promoting accountability and public trust. 
</li></ul></div><div> 
7. Data Democratization and Culture
 
<ul><li>Implement self-service analytics tools and governance-controlled data access to empower operational, clinical, and research teams.
</li><li>Promote a data-literate and insight-driven culture, embedding analytics in everyday decision-making. 
</li></ul></div><div>Data Architecture and Platforms
 
Enterprise Data Architecture (AWS / Redshift)
 
<ul><li>Oversee the design, build, and optimization of the AWS cloud-based data lake and Redshift warehouse architecture to enable secure, scalable, and high-performance analytics.
</li><li>Ensure seamless integration of data across EHR (Epic), ERP (Oracle), CRM, and clinical/ancillary systems into a unified enterprise data fabric.
</li><li>Partner with Information Security to enforce robust data protection, encryption, and access control across AWS environments in alignment with HIPAA and system cybersecurity policies.
</li><li>Drive adoption of modern, serverless data pipelines and AI/ML enablement using AWS Glue, S3, SageMaker, and QuickSight for predictive and prescriptive analytics.
</li></ul>________________________________________
</div>Vizient Data Integration &amp; Benchmarking Excellence
<ul><li>Lead the integration of Vizient data assets&mdash;including the Clinical Data Base (CDB), Operational Data Base (ODB), Supply Chain Benchmarking, and Quality &amp; Safety metrics&mdash;into the enterprise AWS/Redshift warehouse.
</li><li>Oversee data extraction, transformation, and automation pipelines to harmonize Vizient data with internal Epic and Oracle ERP datasets, ensuring accuracy and consistency in enterprise reporting.
</li><li>Collaborate with Vizient data teams to ensure submission accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with enterprise-defined key performance indicators (KPIs).
</li><li>Partner with Quality, Finance, and Clinical Operations to leverage Vizient analytics for:
</li></ul>o Clinical performance benchmarking against national peers.
 
o Cost-per-case and service-line profitability analysis.
 
o Physician and service-line performance dashboards.
 
o Quality improvement initiatives (readmissions, LOS, mortality, cost avoidance).
<ul><li>Utilize Vizient&rsquo;s Value Intelligence Suite (VIS) and Clinical Data Base (CDB) tools to identify opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency gains, and clinical outcome improvements.
</li><li>Develop internal Vizient Performance Portals and dashboards for executives, service line leaders, and operational teams to visualize trends and performance.
</li><li>Ensure regular participation in Vizient benchmarking collaboratives, cohorts, and performance improvement networks to bring best practices into the organization.
</li><li>Partner with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to align Vizient analytics with clinical quality and safety priorities such as reducing hospital-acquired conditions and variation in care.
</li><li>Integrate Vizient scorecards and KPIs into board and executive leadership reporting, ensuring transparency, accountability, and alignment with organizational goals and annual operating plans. 
</li></ul> 
Leadership &amp; Organizational Change
<ul><li>Serve as a primary executive leader and advocate for data-driven culture and digital transformation across all clinical and administrative functions.
</li><li>Build, mentor, and lead high-performing, cross-functional teams spanning data science, product management, digital engineering, and data governance.
</li><li>Partner with clinical and operational leadership to prioritize initiatives that drive the highest measurable impact on the Quadruple Aim (better care, lower cost, improved patient experience, and improved clinician experience). 
</li></ul>Salary range: $297,199 - $555,711 base only; excludes all incentives.</div>
 <div>Qualifications and Requirements
 
Education &amp; Experience 
<div> 
<ul><li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business, or a related field is required.
</li><li>An MBA or advanced degree in a relevant technical or quantitative field is strongly preferred.
</li><li>Minimum of 15+ years of progressive experience in technology, data science, or digital product leadership roles.
</li><li>Minimum of 7+ years in a director or senior executive role overseeing large-scale digital transformation and data/analytics strategy.
</li><li>Significant experience within a complex health system or large healthcare organization is essential.
</li></ul></div>Required Skills &amp; Competencies 
<div> 
<ul><li>Deep Expertise in Healthcare Data : Thorough understanding of clinical data (EHR/EMR, claims, HIE), healthcare regulatory landscape (HIPAA, HITECH), and industry trends.
</li><li>Advance Expertise in leveraging Vizient's Quality and Accountability Study and the Clinical Data Base (CDB) to drive strategy. This includes translating Vizient's requirements, data definitions, and benchmarks into executable digital and data strategies, and using internal data to demonstrably improve performance across Vizient's composite measures while effectively communicating the impact to clinical and executive leadership. Experience with Vizient&rsquo;s Operational Data Base (ODB) and other data and analytics tools is a must.
</li><li>Executive Presence &amp; Communication: Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts and strategic vision to executive leadership, boards of directors, clinicians, and technical teams.
</li><li>Strategic &amp; Business Acumen : Proven track record of linking digital/data strategy to measurable business outcomes (ROI, cost savings, quality improvement).
</li><li>Technical Leadership: Fluency in modern data architecture (cloud data lakes/warehouses), AI/ML methodologies, agile product development, and API-driven integration.
</li><li>Change Management : Demonstrated success in leading large-scale organizational and cultural change programs related to data governance and digital adoption</li></ul></div></div> <div></div>

VP, Enterprise Data Analytics

Dimension Data / NTT ltd

As a Senior Principal Enterprise Architect at NTT DATA, you will lead the design of complex technology and services solutions for our largest global clients. As the clients technology strategist, you will create blueprints and provide strategic direction, ensuring our clients drive their technology investments effectively. Your expertise will blend technological domain knowledge with business acumen to design sophisticated IT strategies and roadmaps that align with our clients' key business objectives and SLAs.
Collaborating closely with our sales team, you will actively participate in the presales process, conduct meetings, leading solutions proposals, and deliver compelling presentations to clients. Your role will involve translating clients' business strategies into actionable IT roadmaps, positioning our complete portfolio with a focus on service-related solutions and end-to-end architectures.
You will lead and support internal service and technical teams in mapping business outcomes and requirements. Your job will include designing and integrating services, processes, applications, data, and technology across multiple domains and geographies. You will also share best practices with internal teams and clients, contributing to our knowledge base of development and services.
Your strategic thinking, strong communication skills, and ability to interpret client needs will help you develop business cases and roadmaps to optimize IT operations and deliver measurable business value. By balancing proven solutions with innovative approaches, you will guide clients on IT strategies and implementations.
Your day will also involve managing large application and technology portfolios, leveraging frameworks and tools to synthesize current and future technology trends into compelling, value-driven solutions for clients. You'll guide architectural outcomes by defining principles and governance, ensuring consistency across projects.
To thrive in this role, you need to have:
<ul>
<li>Extensive knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks like TOGAF.</li>
<li>Certification in TOGAF advantageous.</li>
<li>Proficiency in Enterprise Architecture, Profession, Lifecycle and Support Services.</li>
<li>Knowledge of infrastructure strategies, including IaaS, PaaS, network, data center, security, collaboration and AI/ML.</li>
<li>Excellent business financial skills and experience with cost-benefit analysis.</li>
<li>Ability to understand how technology solutions impact various business scenarios.</li>
<li>Ability to translate complex technical concepts into simple, understandable terms.</li>
<li>Exceptional written and oral communication skills.</li>
<li>Strong strategic and systems thinking skills.</li>
<li>Bachelor s degree in information technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. Certified Software related certification is desired.</li>
<li>Cisco CCIE and/or Cisco CCXP certification strongly desired.</li>
</ul>

Senior Principal Enterprise Architect

Southern Company

<div>Enterprise Cybersecurity AI Architect
Job Description
Schedule: M-F
Location: Atlanta or Birmingham
Position Summary:
Southern Company is seeking a highly skilled and visionary AI Security Architect to lead the secure design and governance of AI technologies across the enterprise. The candidate will directly support the company&rsquo;s efforts to mitigate real and potential cyber threats to the company&rsquo;s facilities, personnel, technology, operations, and brand &ndash; including critical electric and gas utility infrastructure and its privately owned telecommunications network. This role will serve as the technical authority on AI cybersecurity, responsible for protecting internally developed AI applications, securing models and data pipelines, and implementing guardrails around AI agents deployed by various teams.
This position is responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company&rsquo;s information assets. This will be accomplished by:
<ul><li>Establishing and implementing an information security framework and technical architecture.</li>
<li>Designing, developing, and implementing information security solutions.</li>
<li>Establish and maintain security guardrails to support the safe implementation of AI and automation.
</li><li>Providing Cybersecurity expertise and consulting.</li>
</ul>The architect will also drive the deployment of AI-powered cybersecurity tools to enhance team efficiency and resilience. This role requires deep expertise in AI systems, adversarial threat modeling, and enterprise-grade security architecture. Qualified candidates need to be able to align strategy and execution to increase cybersecurity maturity, anticipate future requirements for complex traditional, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, drive initiatives via influence and relationships into business processes, keep up with current security trends, be focused on results, and be a self-starter.
Job Responsibilities:
<ul><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security best practices into AI development and deployment processes.</li>
<li>Develop and enforce guardrails for AI agents used across departments, ensuring safe, compliant, and ethical use.
</li><li>Design and implement security architecture for AI platforms, models, and applications, including LLMs, agentic workflows, and custom AI tools.
</li><li>Lead threat modeling and risk assessments for AI systems in alignment with frameworks such as NIST.
</li><li>Architect secure deployment environments for AI agents, including sandboxing, access control, and runtime isolation.</li>
<li>Implement defenses against common attack methods to models and data protection, such as data exfiltration, information disclosure, hallucinations, model poisoning, and excessive overreliance.</li>
<li>Establish responsible AI frameworks for fairness, bias detection, and explainability.</li>
<li>Deploy AI agents to automate and enhance cybersecurity operations (e.g., incident response, threat detection, vulnerability management).
</li><li>Collaborate with the Cybersecurity Architecture Manager to integrate AI into enterprise security strategy.
</li><li>Partner with data science, DevSecOps, and application teams to embed security into AI development pipelines.</li>
<li>Monitor and respond to security incidents related to AI systems.</li>
<li>Conduct regular security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities and implement corrective actions.</li>
<li>Plan, coordinate, and lead Cybersecurity projects.</li>
<li>Help internal customers understand and apply Cybersecurity concepts, processes, and technologies.</li>
<li>Maintain current knowledge of Cybersecurity concepts, technologies, and practices.</li>
<li>Mentor others to strengthen Cybersecurity principles and best practices to outside operational areas.
</li><li>Establish and maintain excellent working relationships and partnerships across the Technology Organization, business partners, and external vendors and suppliers.</li>
<li>Create an environment that fosters accountability, innovation, and engagement at all levels.</li>
</ul>Requirements and qualifications:
Minimum
<ul><li>Deep understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, algorithms, and frameworks, AI model architectures, and training pipelines. Including LLM concepts, content safety, and data validation.
</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, an understanding of ethical and regulatory requirements related to AI security, and a continuous learning mindset.
</li><li>Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and influence enterprise-wide decisions.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerized environments.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks and Azure AI Services</li>
<li>Familiarity with securing LLMs, generative models, and agentic workflows.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience designing, architecting, and implementing various information security tools/products such as PKI, Static or Dynamic Code Analysis, Next-Generation Firewalls, HSM&rsquo;s, SIEM, Multi-Factor Authentication, IPS, Database Encryption, Privileged Identity Management, Cloud Posture Management, etc.</li>
<li>Competency in APIs (Rest, Graph) and/or JavaScript/JSON/Kubernetes/SQL.</li>
<li>Experience promoting security as a business enablement function using influence, metrics, documentation, strong verbal communication, and presentation skills.
</li><li>Working knowledge of cloud and traditional security network architectures.
</li><li>Ability to lead a project from concept through implementation and anticipate potential problems.
</li><li>Experience prioritizing and executing with minimal direction or oversight.</li>
<li>Ability to perform detailed information security risk assessments and recommend mitigating controls.</li>
<li>Must pass NERC CIP &amp; Insider Threat Protection background checks.</li>
</ul>Preferred Qualifications
<ul><li>Experience with tools like Sonatype, Wiz, Proofpoint DSPM, and AI security platforms.</li>
<li>Knowledge of MCP protection strategies and AI governance frameworks.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with secure CI/CD pipelines, API security, and data privacy controls.</li>
<li>Experience with software development and programing.
</li><li>Familiarity with ethical AI principles and emerging regulatory landscapes.
</li><li>Experience with adversarial ML, red teaming, and AI-specific threat modeling.</li>
<li>Technical knowledge of application development practices, CI/CD pipelines, various cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or GCP, modern operating systems, networking protocols and designs, and identity management.</li>
<li>Azure certifications preferred.
</li><li>Industry certifications such as: CISSP, CCSP, CASA, CEH, OSCP, CRISC, CCNP, etc.</li>
<li>At least 5 years of experience playing a key role in building technical programs.
</li><li>Experience with information security frameworks such as: NIST, OWASP, etc.</li>
<li>Familiarity with nation state, sophisticated criminal, and supply chain threats.</li>
<li>Up-to-date knowledge of current hacking techniques, vulnerability disclosures, and data breach incidents.
</li></ul>Experience with cybersecurity analysis and analytic tradecraft.
About Southern Company
Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and bene&#64257;ts will also be provided during the hiring process.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Job Identification: 15521
Job Category: Cybersecurity
Job Schedule: Full time
Company: Southern Company Services</div>

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