AI Security Engineer — Forward-Deployed, Production

Accenture; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security is hiring a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds inside a client’s enterprise—working with security and engineering teams to secure AI systems and govern deployments.

You’ll leverage agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to build AI‑powered detection, threat models, and governance frameworks.

Requirements: 3+ years in production security, 1+ year of agentic AI deployments, and cloud security experience (AWS/Azure/GCP); US-based role.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in production security engineering.
• At least 1 year hands-on experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions.
• 3+ years cloud security experience on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Secure AI systems and govern deployments within client environments.
• Build AI-powered security tooling, detection systems, and governance frameworks.
• Lead threat modeling sessions and security architecture design with client teams.
• Collaborate with security leadership to translate risk into investment decisions.

Skills

Agentic AI deployments

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Risk communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security is hiring a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds inside a client’s enterprise—working with security and engineering teams to secure AI systems and govern deployments.

You’ll leverage agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to build AI‑powered detection, threat models, and governance frameworks.

Requirements: 3+ years in production security, 1+ year of agentic AI deployments, and cloud security experience (AWS/Azure/GCP); US-based role.