Senior AI Security & Governance Consultant

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Thrive delivers upon the promise of technology by enabling our clients' digital transformation journeys with best practices on an AI, cybersecurity and cloud focused NextGen managed services platform.
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Position Overview
Thrive is seeking a client-facing Senior AI Security Architect to help organizations adopt AI safely, securely, and responsibly through technically validated security, compliance, governance, and data protection controls.
This role serves as Thrive's technical authority for AI security architecture, technical risk validation, Microsoft Purview implementation, and governance-control design within AI Services. A successful candidate should be highly knowledgeable of technologies like Microsoft Purview, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, and other AI security and governance tools. You will work directly with client stakeholders and Thrive's Microsoft Advisory team to assess technical AI security readiness, identify security and compliance risks, evaluate data exposure, design practical governance controls, and support architecture decisions that enable organizations to scale AI with confidence.
As AI adoption accelerates, organizations must understand what data AI can access, who has access to that data, what compliance risks exist, and how technical governance controls should be implemented and validated before deployment. You will lead the technical security and control conversations while partnering with Microsoft Advisory on Microsoft-focused strategy, Copilot and AI readiness, licensing and capability alignment, adoption, optimization, governance operating models, and executive roadmaps.
This role sits within the AI Services organization and works closely with Microsoft Advisory, the AI Governance team, Security Operations, Cloud Security, Microsoft Engineering Services, and other technical teams to ensure clients have a secure technical foundation for AI adoption.
Requirements
What You'll Do
Lead Microsoft Purview Technical Assessment & Implementation Engagements
Serve as Thrive's technical subject matter expert for Microsoft Purview architecture, implementation, testing, and validation within AI Services.
Assess client compliance, governance-control, data protection, and information protection requirements from a technical security perspective.
Design, configure, implement, and validate Microsoft Purview solutions including Information Protection, Sensitivity Labels, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Data Lifecycle Management, AI-DSPM, Records Management, eDiscovery, Communication Compliance, Insider Risk Management, and Compliance Manager.
Contribute technical control recommendations to governance roadmaps and compliance strategies led in partnership with Microsoft Advisory.
Lead Purview technical workshops, architecture reviews, implementation planning sessions, and technical findings readouts.
Conduct AI Security & Technical Readiness Assessments
Evaluate technical security readiness for AI deployments, in coordination with Microsoft Advisory where Microsoft business readiness, adoption, licensing, and roadmap alignment are in scope. Platforms may include:
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft Copilot Chat
Copilot Studio
ChatGPT Business and Enterprise
Claude Business and Enterprise
Snowflake Cortex
Third-party AI platforms and AI agents
Emerging enterprise AI technologies
Responsibilities Include
AI security assessments
Technical governance-control maturity reviews
Data exposure analysis
Privacy and compliance reviews
AI risk assessments
Vendor security evaluations
Policy and control recommendations
Perform Microsoft 365 AI Security Environment Reviews
Lead technical discovery and assessment engagements focused on Microsoft 365 security posture, data exposure, permissions, identity controls, and AI-related risk validation.
Activities include
Microsoft 365 tenant security assessments
SharePoint permissions reviews
OneDrive data exposure analysis
Teams governance reviews
Microsoft Entra ID security assessments
Conditional Access reviews
Sensitive data discovery
Identity and access management reviews
External sharing assessments
Security control gap analysis
Deliver technical findings and remediation recommendations that support Microsoft Advisory's broader Copilot readiness, adoption, governance, and executive roadmap deliverables.
Support AI Governance Strategy Through Technical Security and Control Expertise
Partner with Microsoft Advisory and client leadership teams to contribute technical security, risk, privacy, and governance-control expertise to AI governance strategies and roadmaps.
Responsibilities Include
Technical governance-control workshops
AI policy control input and technical validation
Technical risk and remediation planning
Security, privacy, and data protection control design
Compliance control mapping and implementation planning
Technical findings that inform executive briefings and roadmap recommendations led with Microsoft Advisory
Help clients balance innovation with security, compliance, responsible AI practices, and technically validated governance controls.
Lead Client Engagements
Act as the primary technical security and governance-control architect during AI Services engagements, while partnering with Microsoft Advisory on broader Microsoft strategy, adoption, licensing, readiness, optimization, operating model, and executive roadmap discussions.
You will regularly engage with:
CIOs
CISOs
IT Directors
Compliance Officers
Risk Leaders
Legal Teams
Security Teams
Executive Leadership
You must be comfortable facilitating workshops, conducting stakeholder interviews, presenting findings, and managing complex client discussions.
Collaborate Across Technical Teams
Work closely with:
Microsoft Advisory
Microsoft-focused strategy, Copilot and AI readiness, licensing and capability alignment, adoption, optimization, governance operating models, and executive roadmaps
Joint development of client recommendations where technical security and governance controls support broader Microsoft advisory outcomes
AI Governance Team
Governance monitoring and managed governance services
Compliance reporting and control oversight
Coordination of operational SOC support for AI-related security monitoring, investigations, escalation, and response workflows
Cloud Security Teams
Identity and access management
Security architecture reviews
Zero Trust initiatives
Security Operations Center (SOC)
Operational SOC support will be coordinated through the AI Governance team for AI-related monitoring, investigations, incident response coordination, and threat escalation needs.
AI Services Team
Copilot deployment security and control validation
AI solution security architecture
Technical AI security and governance-control services
Client technical risk reduction and secure AI enablement initiatives
Required Qualifications
5+ years of cybersecurity, governance, compliance, Microsoft Purview, or Microsoft security consulting experience.
Experience leading customer-facing technical security, compliance, or implementation engagements.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview assessment, architecture, configuration, implementation, testing, and validation.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 security, compliance, identity, access, information protection, and data governance capabilities.
Experience assessing identity, access management, permissions, data exposure, and AI-related security controls.
Excellent executive communication and presentation skills.
Ability to translate technical findings into business-focused risk, control, and remediation recommendations.
Experience creating technical assessment reports, control recommendations, implementation plans, and remediation plans.
Preferred Qualifications
Microsoft Purview certifications.
Microsoft Security certifications.
Experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot deployments.
Experience with Microsoft Defender technologies.
Understanding of AI governance frameworks and responsible AI principles.
Knowledge of NIST AI Risk Management Framework

Work arrangement
Yes