AI Security Architect: Secure AI & IAM

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking an AI Security Architect to lead security across AI initiatives and ensure secure AI systems from design to deployment. You will engage clients, craft architectures, and align Accenture’s Secure AI capabilities with business goals.

The role emphasises IAM, AI governance, and collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver secure AI at scale across client environments in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in security architecture for enterprise environments.
• Understanding of AI/ML applications in security, including threat detection and predictive risk modelling.
• Knowledge of securing AI systems, including data pipelines and model registries.
• Solid grounding in IAM, including PAM, IGA, ITDR, and machine/non-human identities.

Responsibilities

• Engage directly with clients to identify, shape, and qualify opportunities across AI-driven security and AI-system security.
• Architect AI-powered security solutions spanning threat detection, SIEM/SOAR modernisation, anomaly detection, incident response, and predictive risk modelling.
• Define security architectures for AI pipelines, data platforms, model registries, and inference environments; embed security from design to deployment.
• Advise on applying AI to IAM and governing identities within AI systems, including machine identities.
• Assess and mitigate AI-specific risks such as adversarial attacks, data poisoning, model theft, and supply chain vulnerabilities.
• Support clients navigating AI regulatory frameworks (EU AI Act, NIST RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) and mature governance controls.
• Develop proposals and business cases that articulate the value of Accenture’s capabilities; build senior relationships across security and AI domains.
• Contribute to bids, pursuits and thought leadership; support go-to-market initiatives.

Skills

Security architecture

AI security

AI pipelines security

Threat modelling AI

Identity & Access Management

SIEM/SOAR

AI governance standards

Business acumen

Stakeholder comms

Certifications (CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF)

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

Job description

Accenture PLC is seeking an AI Security Architect to lead security across AI initiatives and ensure secure AI systems from design to deployment. You will engage clients, craft architectures, and align Accenture’s Secure AI capabilities with business goals.

The role emphasises IAM, AI governance, and collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver secure AI at scale across client environments in the UK.