Senior AI/ML Engineer -Microsoft Graph data connect Analytics

Senior AI/ML Engineer -Microsoft Graph data connect Analytics-25013204

Description

 

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Responsible for architecting and engineering data access security controls that manage, monitor, measure, and report the data access security posture of the organization’s data estate.  Specifically this role will focus on controlling access to semi-structured and unstructured data hosted on distributed servers, cloud, storage, file systems, file shares and collaboration repositories. Data access controls will cover person and non-person identities and their access, including but not limited to users, applications, APIs and GenAI. 

Organizational Context

Reports to the Director of Data Access Management. The Data Access Management team architects, engineers and operates data access controls for structured, semi-structured and unstructured data hosted on the mainframe, distributed servers, cloud, storage, file systems, file shares and collaboration repositories like SharePoint, Confluence, Slack, OneDrive, Github etc. Works across Technology Risk and Information Security, Privacy, Enterprise Data Governance, hosting platform teams to meet business, security, risk and compliance objectives for a Category 2 bank. The Data Access Management team functions in support of the broader Data Security Posture Management program.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage pipelines to extract, transform, and load (ETL) Microsoft 365 data into Azure data stores.
• Use Microsoft Graph Data connect to aggregate SharePoint permissions, store data in Azure storage and create analytics dashboard using Power BI.
• Create data pipelines using Azure Synapse.
• Collaborating with data scientists and other teams to deploy and scale M365 access security models.
• Build and integrate AI Agents into access attestation solutions
• Combining data engineering skills with knowledge of AI/ML algorithms to build intelligent Access review systems.
• Integrate data from various sources (APIs, logs, third-party systems) into centralized repositories.
• Use GenAI to implement access monitoring and alerting rules for Database access logs and M365 access logs.

 Education & Experience:

•  Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, AI, or a related field
• 6+ Years of hands-on experience.

Technical skills:

• Strong experience using Microsoft Graph data connect
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Factory.
• Expertise in data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, database management (SQL and NoSQL)
• Power App / Power Automate experience automating workflows in M365 preferred.
• Strong programming skills in languages like Python, C#, PowerShell or Java.
• Familiarity with Azure services and cloud-based data storage and processing.
• Experience building and deploying autonomous AI agents.
• MLOps experience: Familiarity with MLOps tools and practices for model deployment and management.
• Knowledge of big data tools and technologies for processing large datasets.
• Experience with developing ML models that use natural language processing (NLP)

High-performing Behaviors:

• Shares critical expertise and knowledge to support team 
• Uses breakthrough thinking to generate insights, alternatives and opportunities to prevent attacks
• Analyzes complex information and identifies the most meaningful details
• Identifies a number of ways to do things differently that will continuously strengthen the security posture
• Takes initiative, handles problems and acts on own initiative without being prompted
• Transparently leads through change, ambiguity and brings clarity
• Prepares well in advance to maximize resource and time 

 Game Changers:

• Communications
• Teamwork
• Continuous Improvement
• Courage
• Curiosity
• Ingenuity
• Tenacity 

Minimum Qualifications

 

Annual Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Job

 Technology

Primary Location

 US-Arizona-Phoenix

Organization

 A5177 - Identity and Access Management

Schedule

 Full-timeJob Band 35Work Location Options Hybrid

Job Posting

 Jul 30, 2025, 10:45:22 PM - Aug 14, 2025, 3:59:00 AM

Recruiter

 Simple Jagdhari

Hiring Manager

 Sumeet Deepakkumar Shah