You will assess current readiness, identify control gaps, and guide technical and management stakeholders on how to safely deploy AI at scale—bridging the disciplines of security architecture, compliance, data governance, and responsible AI.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead customer workshops to assess AI readiness from identity, data, and compliance perspectives.
- Define and articulate AI governance frameworks covering policy, access, data protection, and risk management.
- Translate complex Microsoft security and compliance capabilities (Entra ID, Purview, Defender, M365, Azure AI) into actionable recommendations.
- Advise on the secure enablement of generative AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry
- Design pragmatic approaches for data boundary enforcement, labeling, DLP, and prompt-safety controls.
- Review identity and access management for AI workloads—MFA, Conditional Access, privileged identity controls, and just-in-time elevation.
- Recommend monitoring, auditing, and incident-response strategies for AI misuse or data leakage.
- Present findings and next steps to IT Management stakeholders with clear business and compliance implications.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years cloud security, compliance, or architecture, ideally in Enterprise Microsoft environments.
- Proven experience advising enterprise customers on secure adoption of M365 & AI workloads (Copilot, Copilot Chat, Copilot Studio, AI Foundry).
- Deep hands-on knowledge of security, governance & management on Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric, AI Foundry, Microsoft 365 Administration
- Working hands-on knowledge of security, governance & management on Microsoft Entra, Defender for Cloud Apps, Azure Policy
- Understanding of responsible AI principles, privacy by design, and regulatory alignment (GDPR, ISO, NIST).
- Strong ability to lead short, outcome-driven consulting engagements and communicate with executives.
- Excellent English and French written and verbal communication skills, capable of simplifying complex security & governance topics.
Preferred experience
- Previous consulting or customer-facing experience at a major Microsoft partner.
- Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, model risk management, and data-driven decisioning.
- Working knowledge of Azure AI, AI Foundry, Microsoft Fabric security and compliance configurations.
- Experience in building RACI models, acceptable-use policies, or risk registers for AI or cloud platforms.
- Exposure to FinOps or cost optimization in Microsoft 365 and Azure environments
Required Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
- Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator (SC-401)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Bonus: Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) or equivalent
The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
- Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
- We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen.
- We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right.
- We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.
About us:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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