*AI Engineer*

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a DevSecOps Specialist to secure and automate AI/ML pipelines. You will ensure secure deployment, integrate security into CI/CD workflows, and collaborate with data scientists, AI engineers and IT teams to enable scalable, secure AI/ML operations.

Expect 2–4 years of professional experience for this role. You will develop secure pipelines, apply security across training and deployment, and work with Kubeflow/MLflow, Terraform, and container technologies to safeguard models

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of professional experience in DevSecOps or secure AI/ML deployments.
• Experience securing and automating AI/ML pipelines in CI/CD workflows.
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud and container environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for AI/ML workflows.
• Integrate security practices across model development, training, and deployment phases.
• Implement monitoring and security tooling for AI/ML infrastructure and data pipelines.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments for AI models and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure compliance with security and privacy standards.

Skills

CI/CD automation

Cloud security

Containerization

MLOps security

IaC tools

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at accenture.com.

Group Description: We are looking for a DevSecOps Specialist with expertise in securing and automating AI/ML pipelines. In this role, you will ensure that our AI/ML systems are deployed securely and reliably, integrating robust security measures into CI/CD workflows. You will work closely with data scientists, AI engineers, and IT teams to enable seamless, secure, and scalable AI/ML operations. We would expect 2-4 years professional experience in this role.

Project Description

• Develop and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for AI/ML workflows.
• Integrate security best practices across model development, training, and deployment phases.
• Implement tools for monitoring and securing AI/ML infrastructure and data pipelines.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments for AI models and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure compliance with security and privacy standards.

Key Skills

• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab) and automation frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with MLOps frameworks (e.g., Kubeflow, MLflow) and securing ML pipelines.
• Familiarity with AI-specific vulnerabilities (e.g., adversarial attacks, model poisoning) and mitigation techniques.
• Expertise in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and security compliance frameworks.

Benefits of working at Accenture

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture's Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year's Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.

As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.

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