AI Security Specialist

Location: Remote | Department: Security | Full-Time, Days

About the role

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 97,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, implement, and operate AI security tooling to monitor AI use across cloud and endpoint environments, investigate findings, and improve security visibility.
• Support investigations of AI security findings and incidents—including over-permissioned agents, sensitive data (e.g., PHI) exposure, and AI application security issues—partnering with Incident Response, engineering, and business teams to assess impact and drive remediation.
• Partner with AI engineering, Application Security, DevSecOps, infrastructure, and business teams throughout the AI SDLC to review architectures, validate findings, implement data security controls, and enable secure AI development.
• Develop AI security guardrails, standards, technical documentation, and reusable frameworks. Assess AI applications against security frameworks (e.g., NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs) and ensure compliance with enterprise policies, governance requirements, and applicable regulations.

Requirements

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience with hands-on expertise in security investigations, incident response, application security, cloud security, or threat detection.
• Understanding of large language models (LLMs), AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI application architectures, and common AI security risks.
• Familiarity with secure software development practices, AI development workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience securing AI solutions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or Microsoft Azure, including platforms such as Vertex AI or Azure AI Foundry.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools, cloud-native security controls, identity and access management, and CI/CD pipelines is preferred.
• CISSP or AI security-focused certifications are preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
• Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
• Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

Pay

$105,830.21 - $147,521.09 per year