AI/ML Security Engineer - Hybrid, LLM & SOC

Accenture UK & Ireland; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland in Cheltenham is seeking an AI & ML Engineer (Cybersecurity) to develop and optimise AI agents and LLM-powered workflows that enhance Accenture’s SOC offerings. Hybrid work arrangement requires two office days per month. Salary is competitive and depends on experience.

The role involves configuring LLMs, building AI agents, secure design, governance, and cost management. Candidates should have 2+ years in AI/ML, experience with Azure AI Foundry or similar, and strong

Qualifications

• 2+ years of AI/ML engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying AI agents or LLM-powered apps in production.
• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock or Vertex AI.
• Strong understanding of LLM concepts and vector databases.
• Experience implementing end-to-end RAG pipelines (data ingestion, chunking, embedding, retrieval).
• Experience implementing parsing pipelines for unstructured data.
• Knowledge of AI security risks and mitigations (OWASP LLM Top 10).
• Experience in enterprise governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• LLM Configuration: configure, evaluate, and tune LLMs for security use cases, including prompt design and retrieval-augmented generation.
• Agent Development: design and maintain AI agents and workflows with platforms like Azure AI Foundry, integrating with SOAR/SIEM/EDR.
• Secure Configuration: implement safeguards against adversarial inputs and jailbreaks.
• System Architecture: architect modular, scalable AI solutions with secure development practices.
• Governance: align with AI governance framework, data handling, logging, human-in-the-loop controls.
• Cost Management: optimize LLM API usage and infrastructure costs.
• Collaboration: work with stakeholders to prototype solutions and iterate.
• Documentation: produce clear technical documentation for ongoing management.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

LLM concepts

Python

REST APIs

Vector databases

RAG pipelines

Security awareness

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

AWS Bedrock

Google Vertex AI

SOAR

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Accenture UK & Ireland in Cheltenham is seeking an AI & ML Engineer (Cybersecurity) to develop and optimise AI agents and LLM-powered workflows that enhance Accenture’s SOC offerings. Hybrid work arrangement requires two office days per month. Salary is competitive and depends on experience.

The role involves configuring LLMs, building AI agents, secure design, governance, and cost management. Candidates should have 2+ years in AI/ML, experience with Azure AI Foundry or similar, and strong