Security AI Architect

Des Moines, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 1 hour ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: Security AI Architect

Duration: 6 months likely extension

Location: Des Moines Hybrid-must relocate to Des Moines if not local; 3 days in the office 2 days remote.

Top 3 Required Technical Skills: Lead the strategic evolution of the GitHub Advanced Security environment and GitHub Copilot configuration ensuring AI and security tools.

Job Description: As a Security Architect your role is to bridge the gap between security standards developer velocity and the emerging world of AI-assisted engineering. By championing the GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) ecosystem and Copilots autonomous agent capabilities you will empower our engineering community to deliver resilient software through seamless automation custom AI guardrails and collaborative mentorship.

What You Will Do:

Ecosystem Optimization: Lead the strategic evolution of the GitHub Advanced Security environment and GitHub Copilot configuration ensuring AI and security tools are tuned for maximum accuracy and minimal developer friction.
Secure AI Orchestration: Design and govern the use of Copilot autonomous agents (e.g. Copilot coding agents) ensuring that AI-generated code and pull requests meet enterprise security and quality standards before they reach human review.
Seamless Guardrails: Design and deploy automated scanning (CodeQL Secrets and Dependencies) that integrates natively into CI/CD workflows leveraging AI-driven autofix capabilities to accelerate remediation.
Technical Advocacy: Act as a high-level partner for development teams helping them navigate complex security findings and providing the technical clarity needed to securely adopt agentic workflows.
Pattern Recognition & AI Guidance: Identify recurring security trends and develop custom repository instructions to guide Copilot agents toward Wellmarks specific coding standards and security patterns.
Risk Intelligence: Establish the metrics required to move our security posture from reactive to proactive monitoring the impact of AI-assisted development on code quality and security debt.
Preferred requirements:

Technical Mastery: Proven expertise in the GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) suite (CodeQL Secret Scanning Dependabot).
Automation Fluency: Deep experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) with a focus on automated security gates and agentic task delegation
Influence: Demonstrated ability to drive security and AI adoption across multiple teams through influence and collaboration rather than direct authority.
AI Implementation: Hands-on experience configuring and scaling GitHub Copilot at an enterprise level including experience with Copilot Chat Edits or Agent mode.

Role: Security AI Architect Duration: 6 months likely extension Location: Des Moines Hybrid-must relocate to Des Moines if not local; 3 days in the office 2 days remote. Top 3 Required Technical Skills: Lead the strategic evolution of the GitHub Advanced Security environment and GitHub Copilot ...

Role: Security AI Architect