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Senior Associate, AI Security & Compliance-National Security

  2025-10-12     Alvarez & Marsal     San Francisco,CA  
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Senior Associate, AI Security & Compliance-National Security

With the rapid adoption of AI technologies and evolving regulatory landscape, demand for AI-focused security analysis and compliance expertise is growing exponentially. Our team supports organizations, investors and counsel in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with AI system deployment, algorithmic bias, data privacy, and model security. We focus on implementing secure AI/ML pipelines, establishing AI governance frameworks, conducting model risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with emerging AI regulations. Our approach integrates traditional cybersecurity with AI-specific security controls, leveraging automated testing, model monitoring, and adversarial robustness techniques. The team serves as trusted advisors to organizations navigating AI regulatory requirements, security certifications, and responsible AI implementation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical teams in executing AI security assessments, model audits, and compliance reviews related to AI Act (EU), NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 23053/23894, and emerging AI governance standards. Develop AI risk assessment methodologies and implement continuous monitoring solutions for production ML systems.
  • Design and implement secure AI/ML architectures incorporating MLOps security practices, including model versioning, data lineage tracking, feature store security, and secure model deployment pipelines. Integrate security controls for Large Language Models (LLMs), including prompt injection prevention, output filtering, and embedding security.
  • Conduct technical assessments of AI/ML systems using tools such as ART, Foolbox, CleverHans; MLOps Platforms: MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI; Model Monitoring: Evidently AI, Fiddler AI, WhyLabs, Neptune.ai; LLM Security: Guardrails AI, NeMo Guardrails, LangChain security modules, OWASP LLM Top 10 tools; Privacy-Preserving ML: PySyft, TensorFlow Privacy, Opacus.
  • Implement AI compliance and governance solutions addressing: EU AI Act, Canada AIDA, US AI Executive Orders, Singapore Model AI Governance Framework; ISO/IEC 23053/23894, IEEE 7000 series, NIST AI RMF; sector-specific requirements including FDA AI/ML medical device regulations, GDPR Article 22; and develop remediation roadmaps aligned with traditional security standards and AI frameworks.
  • Develop and execute penetration testing specifically for AI systems, including model extraction defenses, data poisoning vulnerability assessments, membership inference and model inversion testing, prompt injection and jailbreaking assessments for LLMs, and backdoor detection in neural networks.
  • Program and deploy security solutions using languages (Python, R, Julia); AI frameworks (Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoML tools); security libraries (SHAP, LIME; Fairlearn, AIF360); and infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) for secure AI deployment.
  • Integrate AI security with traditional security frameworks including Zero Trust, IAM, and SIEM, and implement automated compliance monitoring using AI-powered SOAR platforms (e.g., Splunk Phantom, Cortex XSOAR).
  • Assess and mitigate risks in foundation models and transfer learning, federated learning, edge AI deployments, multi-modal AI systems, and generative AI applications (GPT, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion).
  • Create technical documentation including AI system security architecture reviews, threat models for ML pipelines, compliance mappings, and remediation roadmaps aligned with both traditional standards (NIST 800-53, ISO 27001) and AI-specific frameworks.
  • Availability for up to 15% travel required to client sites and assessment locations.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in AI/ML development, deployment, or security assessment
  • 2+ years of experience in information security, with focus on application security or cloud security
  • Hands-on experience with AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Hugging Face)
  • Proficiency in Python programming with experience in AI/ML libraries and security testing tools
  • Experience with cloud AI platforms (AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, Google Vertex AI, Databricks)
  • Knowledge of AI compliance frameworks: NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act requirements, ISO/IEC 23053/23894
  • Experience with MLOps tools and secure model deployment practices
  • Understanding of adversarial machine learning and AI security threats (OWASP ML Top 10, ATLAS framework)
  • Familiarity with privacy-preserving ML techniques (differential privacy, federated learning, homomorphic encryption basics)
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code
  • Knowledge of traditional security frameworks (NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001)
  • Ability to obtain a USG security clearance

Preferred Certifications

  • One or more AI/ML certifications: AWS Certified Machine Learning, Google Cloud Professional ML Engineer, Azure AI Engineer
  • Security certifications: CISSP, CCSP, CompTIA Security+, CEH
  • Specialized: GIAC AI Security Essentials (GAISE), Certified AI Auditor (when available)

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