Principal Secure AI Architect & GenAI Lead

Accenture Global; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Long & short-term career break

Structured career development program

Local and international careeropportun

Certified Family Inclusive Workplace

Flexible Work Arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion Index

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Principal Engineer to design, build, and deploy secure, production-grade AI solutions for enterprise clients in Australia. You will advise on architecture, governance, and risk, lead secure AI deployment workflows, create reference architectures, and mentor delivery teams across consulting and delivery.

This role blends hands-on engineering with strategic guidance, enabling clients to adopt secure AI at scale while ensuring compliance and governance across projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solution architecture, software engineering, or technical consulting.
• Strong hands-on experience building AI/ML or Generative AI solutions.
• Deep understanding of secure AI architectures and deployment patterns.
• Experience delivering production-grade systems in regulated environments.
• Strong client-facing skills and ability to translate requirements into solutions.
• Practical, team-oriented approach to solving problems and delivering outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design and build Secure AI and GenAI infrastructure, cloud templates and platforms to accelerate client adoption of AI agentic and AI embedded workflows.
• Develop Secure AI deployment workflows, patterns, and reusable blueprints.
• Architect and implement AI platforms aligned to security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
• Deliver hands-on AI architecture, MLOps, and GenAIOps services to customers.
• Lead technical solution design during presales and client discovery phases.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise data platforms and existing systems.
• Implement secure model lifecycle management, monitoring, and controls.
• Mentor consultants and engineers through technical leadership and delivery.
• Contribute to thought leadership, intellectual property development, and Secure AI service catalogue expansion.
• Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value.

Skills

AI/ML

GenAI

Secure AI architectures

MLOps

Client-facing

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Principal Engineer to design, build, and deploy secure, production-grade AI solutions for enterprise clients in Australia. You will advise on architecture, governance, and risk, lead secure AI deployment workflows, create reference architectures, and mentor delivery teams across consulting and delivery.

This role blends hands-on engineering with strategic guidance, enabling clients to adopt secure AI at scale while ensuring compliance and governance across projects.