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Southern Company

Enterprise Cybersecurity AI Architect

Southern Company

Location
Hybrid (Atlanta, GA)
Employment
Full-time
Level
Senior Level
Posted 2 days ago

About the Role

Southern Company is a leading energy provider dedicated to delivering clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy. This role leads the secure design and governance of AI technologies across the enterprise, protecting critical infrastructure and information assets.

Skills

AI Security Architecture Adversarial Threat Modeling Azure Databricks Azure AI Services LLM Security Cloud Security Information Security Frameworks Risk Assessment API Security CI/CD Pipelines Network Architecture Identity Management

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Welfare Benefits

Perks

  • Hybrid work

Full job details

Enterprise Cybersecurity AI Architect 

Location: Atlanta, GA. or Birmingham, AL (onsite 4 days a week, one day remote)

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’s efforts to mitigate real and potential cyber threats to the company’s facilities, personnel, technology, operations, and brand – 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’s information assets. This will be accomplished by:

  • Establishing and implementing an information security framework and technical architecture.
  • Designing, developing, and implementing information security solutions.
  • Establish and maintain security guardrails to support the safe implementation of AI and automation. 
  • Providing Cybersecurity expertise and consulting.

 

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.   

 


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 benefits 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.


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