AI Security Architect & Forward‑Deployed Leader

Accenture; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security seeks a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer who works embedded with a client’s security and engineering teams to secure AI systems and drive measurable security posture improvements. This role focuses on architecting AI security, threat modeling, and governance across cloud environments, with hands-on delivery using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.

Travel may be required; minimum 10 years engineering in security, plus 2 years deploying agentic AI in production;

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience in production environments with cybersecurity depth in at least one area.
• 2+ years hands-on design and deployment experience with agentic AI solutions in production.
• 8+ years end-to-end security delivery ownership in client-embedded or production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments.
• Develop AI security tooling and governance automation.
• Manage AI threat surface and implement controls across OWASP LLM Top 10.
• Architect AI security controls across data pipelines, model serving, and cloud platforms.
• Lead governance programs like EU AI Act and NIST RMF.
• Shape reinvention security strategy for CISO/CTO and investment cases.
• Publish reusable security patterns and playbooks across client engagements.
• Lead architecture sessions and threat modeling workshops.
• Demonstrate security domain expertise in at least one discipline.
• Engage in proposals, SOWs, and executive communications.
• Travel may be required (0–100%).

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Cloud security

AI security

Security delivery ownership

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security seeks a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer who works embedded with a client’s security and engineering teams to secure AI systems and drive measurable security posture improvements. This role focuses on architecting AI security, threat modeling, and governance across cloud environments, with hands-on delivery using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.

Travel may be required; minimum 10 years engineering in security, plus 2 years deploying agentic AI in production;