Security AI Engineer: LLM & Agent Workflows (Hybrid UK)

Accenture UK & Ireland; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking an AI Engineer to develop and optimise AI agents and LLM-powered applications for the Security Operations Centre. You will design, build and operationalise AI-powered workflows integrated with security tooling to accelerate threat detection and response.

We value hands-on experience with production‑ready LLM apps, RAG solutions and Azure/AWS platforms. Collaboration with security engineers and SOC analysts is central, with a focus on secure development,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of AI/ML engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience deploying AI agents or LLM-powered apps in production.
• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI or similar.
• Strong understanding of LLM concepts and vector databases.
• Experience implementing RAG pipelines end-to-end.
• Experience parsing pipelines for document processing and ingestion.
• Knowledge of AI security risks and mitigations.
• Experience with enterprise governance frameworks.
• Proficiency in Python and AI/ML libraries.
• Ability to build tools that interact with LLMs.
• Strong REST API knowledge for integration.

Responsibilities

• LLM Configuration: configure, evaluate and tune large language models for security use cases.
• Agent Development: design, build and maintain AI agents and workflows.
• Secure Configuration: implement safeguards against adversarial inputs.
• System Architecture: architect modular, scalable AI solutions.
• Governance: align with AI governance framework and compliance.
• Cost Management: optimise LLM API usage and infrastructure costs.
• Collaboration: work with security engineers and SOC analysts.
• Documentation: produce technical docs for ongoing management.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

LLM apps

Python

Azure/AWS/Vertex AI

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

SOAR

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking an AI Engineer to develop and optimise AI agents and LLM-powered applications for the Security Operations Centre. You will design, build and operationalise AI-powered workflows integrated with security tooling to accelerate threat detection and response.

We value hands-on experience with production‑ready LLM apps, RAG solutions and Azure/AWS platforms. Collaboration with security engineers and SOC analysts is central, with a focus on secure development,