AI Security FDE Lead — Production-Grade Threat Architect

Accenture; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Accenture Security seeks a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer embedded inside a client’s enterprise to secure and govern AI systems. You will own outcomes: reduced attack surface, production-safe AI deployments, and measurable security posture improvements.

You will use agentic coding with Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot to build security tooling, detection systems, and governance frameworks in live environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years engineering experience in production environments with a cybersecurity focus
• Minimum 2 years hands-on experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production
• Minimum 8 years end-to-end security delivery ownership in client-embedded or production environments
• Experience with at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) security fundamentals

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production deployments
• Build AI-powered detection systems and governance automation using AI tooling
• Manage AI-specific threat surface and implement OWASP LLM Top 10 controls
• Govern AI security across enterprise stack: IAM, data pipeline, model serving security
• Shape AI security strategy and governance operating models for clients
• Define reusable security patterns and playbooks for multiple engagements
• Lead architecture design sessions and threat modeling workshops
• Provide executive-level communication on security posture and risk

Skills

AI security

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security seeks a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer embedded inside a client’s enterprise to secure and govern AI systems. You will own outcomes: reduced attack surface, production-safe AI deployments, and measurable security posture improvements.

You will use agentic coding with Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot to build security tooling, detection systems, and governance frameworks in live environments.