AI Cybersecurity Consultant

AI Cybersecurity Consultant

Dallas,TX -Hybrid

Required Skills & Experience (Ranked by Importance)

1. IT Strategy & Cross-Functional Consulting (3-5+ years): Proven track record solving complex technical/business problems, driving stakeholder consensus, and delivering implementable solutions across matrixed organizations.
2. AI Agent & Workflow Automation: Hands-on experience building, testing, or fine-tuning AI agents/bots for process automation (e.g., prompt engineering, LLM classifiers, RAG patterns, Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, or low-code automation platforms).
3. Requirements Gathering & Documentation: Expertise translating business and security requirements into structured Agile artifacts (Epics, Features, User Stories, process flows) using tools like Jira, Confluence, and Miro.
4. AI Cybersecurity & Identity Awareness: Strong conceptual understanding of AI/LLM security risks (e.g., prompt injection, data leakage, model abuse) and 2+ years of exposure to Cybersecurity / Identity & Access Management (IAM) domains.
5. Tool Assessment & POC Execution: Practical experience developing evaluation frameworks, running vendor POCs, and formulating business case recommendations.
6. Agile / SAFe Methodologies: Experience collaborating within Agile frameworks (SAFe experience preferred) to deliver iterative process and tooling improvements.
7. Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Communication: Exceptional presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to summarize complex technical dependencies for Managers, Directors, and VPs.

Qualifications & Education

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field (or equivalent practical work experience). Advanced degree preferred.
• Basic Requirements: Must be at least 18 years of age with legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship (Immigration Reform Act of 1986).

Preferred Certifications & Training

• Agile / Delivery: SAFe Agilist, PMI-PBA, CBAP, or CSM.
• Cloud & AI Fundamentals: AWS Certified AI Practitioner, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
• Cybersecurity & Governance: CompTIA Security+, CISM, CRISC, or AI Risk/Security credentials (e.g., AAIR, AAISM).

Work Style & Core Competencies

• Skilled negotiator and consensus-builder capable of aligning teams with conflicting technical and delivery priorities.
• Proactive problem-solver comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-evolving technology landscapes.
• High attention to detail with strong analytical capabilities and a focus on durable process improvement.