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Security Architecture Assurance & AI Security - AD Level

Full-time

People First Consultants

About the role 

As an Associate Director – Security Architecture Assurance & AI Security 

Validation, you will lead Cognizant's Cybersecurity Architecture & Risk (CAR) 

practice within the Extended CISO Tower, collaborating with the CISO Tower owner, 

Enterprise Architecture, IT Security, Compliance and business stakeholders. You will 

own the independent validation that implemented controls meet Cognizant's security 

reference architecture and design requirements before solutions go into 

production – now extended to cover AI and Generative AI systems. You will have 

the autonomy to lead, innovate, and industrialize control-validation workflows while 

upholding our commitment to quality, Secure-by-Design and continuous learning. 

As a team of self-starters, you can work with impact alongside our vibrant people 

and culture, all while enjoying unmatched learning opportunities. 

In this role, you will: 

•Lead and mature the Security Control Evaluation function across platform, 

infrastructure, application and vendor implementations (both on-prem and 

cloud – AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI), ensuring controls meet Cognizant policies, 

standards, regulatory requirements and industry best practices before 

production. 

•Establish and own an AI Security Validation capability – validating controls 

 

for LLMs, Generative AI and agentic AI against model poisoning, prompt 

injection, data poisoning/leakage, model inversion, adversarial and 

deepfake attacks, aligned to NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, OWASP Top 10 

for LLMs and MITRE ATLAS. 

•Embed AI-TRiSM (AI Trust, Risk and Security Management) principles – 

model provenance, data lineage/tagging, guardrails, red-teaming and 

continuous monitoring – into the enterprise control-assurance lifecycle. 

•Define and govern key performance metrics, KRIs and SLOs, ensuring 

validation deliverables and remediation follow-ups are met on time and 

reported to leadership. 

•Act as the primary liaison between Enterprise Architects, Design Review, 

CS and IT teams, and business stakeholders to close security control gaps 

and drive remediation to closure. 

•Provide deep subject-matter expertise in cybersecurity principles to manage 

risks across data use, processing, storage and transmission, including cloud 

security posture, network micro-segmentation and zero-trust validation. 

•Strengthen Identity & Access Management (IAM) control validation – 

privileged access, least-privilege, joiner-mover-leaver, and non-human / 

machine and AI-agent identities. 

•Incorporate Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) control checks into 

vendor and SaaS/AI-vendor go-live validations, ensuring supply-chain and 

model-supply-chain assurance. 

•Build, mentor and coach a high-performing validation team, managing multiple 

priorities, conflict resolution and stakeholder expectations. 

•Stay current with emerging IT, cloud and AI/cybersecurity technologies and 

continuously uplift the control library and validation playbooks. 

•Embrace our vibrant culture by striving for excellence, focusing on meaningful 

outcomes, and collaborating effectively. Take ownership, build relationships, 

and focus on personal growth to drive business strategy and foster an 

inclusive culture. 

What you must have to be considered 

•15+ years of experience in information security, including 6+ years in 

security architecture / go-live control validation and 5+ years leading and 

mentoring teams. 

•Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, 

Cybersecurity or a related field. 

•CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) – Required. 

•Proven, hands-on experience validating security controls for cloud (AWS, 

Azure, GCP, OCI) and on-prem solutions against a security reference 

architecture. 

•Demonstrated understanding of AI/ML and Generative AI security risks and 

control frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, OWASP LLM, MITRE 

ATLAS). 

•Strong grasp of IAM, TPRM, cloud security, network segmentation and 

zero-trust control domains. 

•Excellent analytical, problem-solving, project management and 

stakeholder-leadership skills across functional teams. 

•A strong sense of ownership, a desire to create meaningful outcomes, and 

passion for work that serves a greater good for customers, communities, or 

global challenges. 

•The embodiment of Cognizant's Values: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, 

Raise the Bar, Do the Right Thing, & Own It. 

These will help you succeed 

•CISSP, CISA, CCSK / CCSP – strongly preferred. 

•Azure AZ-500 (Required-equivalent), SC-300 / SC-100 and cloud-provider 

security certifications. 

•Emerging AI security credentials (e.g., ISACA AAISM / AAIA, AI 

governance certifications). 

•ISO/IEC 42001 (AI Management System) Lead Auditor/Implementer – a 

strong differentiator given this role's AI security validation scope. 

•Experience with security automation, control-as-code, and continuous 

controls monitoring (CCM). 

•Exposure to regulatory and framework mappings – ISO 27001, NIST CSF, 

SOC 2, PCI-DSS, GDPR/DPDP. 

Work model 

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever 

possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position 

requiring 2 days a week in a Cognizant office in Chennai/Bangalore/Pune, India. 

Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life 

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