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HCA Healthcare Senior AI Security Engineer in Nashville, Tennessee
Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Senior AI Security Engineer you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Healthcare which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
Job Summary
The Senior AI Security Engineer - Platform & MLOps is responsible for building, securing, and operating the infrastructure that enables AI-driven capabilities within the enterprise cyber defense ecosystem. This role is a foundational component of the AI Security program and ensures that AI models are deployed, monitored, and maintained as reliable, scalable, and compliant production services.
The role focuses on secure data pipelines, model deployment, CI/CD integration, and operational resilience. It ensures that AI solutions function as enterprise-grade security services with strong governance, observability, and lifecycle management.
Major Responsibilities:
Partner with Security Data Scientists to productionize AI models and ensure operational readiness.
Collaborate with Security Architecture, Cloud Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to align with enterprise standards.
Engage with Risk, Compliance, and Privacy teams to enforce governance, auditability, and data protection controls.
Work with CDC teams to integrate AI outputs into operational workflows and playbooks.
Build and maintain secure ingestion pipelines from enterprise platforms that support the AI use cases.
Productionize AI models using cloud-native architectures and CI/CD pipelines.
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for AI services, including drift detection and performance degradation.
Enforce access controls, encryption, and audit logging across AI pipelines and services.
Support AI services as critical components of the security infrastructure.
Own AI platform engineering, deployment, and reliability.
Ensure scalability and high availability of AI-driven services.
Implement MLOps best practices including versioning, rollback, and lifecycle management.
Integrate AI outputs into SOC workflows, case management systems, and response playbooks.
Ensure compliance with regulatory and enterprise security standards.
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's Degree Required
Master's Degree Preferred
5+ years of relevant experience
Experience with MLOps, CI/CD pipelines, and production AI systems (Required)
Experience with cloud platforms (preferably Google Cloud) (Required)
Experience in security operations or cybersecurity engineering (Preferred).
Strong programming skills (Python, Go, or similar)
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience building secure data pipelines and APIs
Familiarity with SIEM, SOAR, and security tooling integrations
Understanding of model monitoring, drift detection, and observability frameworks
Knowledge of data security, privacy controls, and compliance requirements
Licenses, Certifications, & Training:
Cloud certifications (e.g., Google Professional Cloud Engineer) (Preferred)
Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, GSEC) (Preferred)
DevOps/MLOps certifications (Preferred)
Benefits
HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Senior AI Security Engineer opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.