AI Security Forward-Deployed Engineer Lead

Accenture; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 337,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer in Boston to partner with client security and engineering teams. You will own outcomes including reduced attack surface and secure AI deployments, working hands‑on with Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot in a production environment.

The role requires deep expertise across AppSec, SecOps, cloud, IAM, or GRC, and a track record of end‑to‑end security delivery on large client programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in production environments with a cybersecurity discipline depth in at least one area.
• Minimum 2 year of hands‑on experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in a production environment—non‑negotiable; theoretical familiarity does not qualify
• Minimum 8 years of demonstrated end‑to‑end security delivery ownership experience in a client‑embedded or production environment
• Minimum 8 years working with Cloud platform security fundamentals across at least one provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.
• Proven ability to communicate security risk in business terms: translate threat exposure into risk‑adjusted investment rationale a CISO would act on
• People lead responsibilities: experience managing, developing, and performance‑managing a team of engineers

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments across complex multi-stakeholder client environments.
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools as the primary build environment: build AI-powered detection systems, automated threat response tooling, governance automation.
• Own AI-specific threat surface management at programme scale: OWASP LLM Top 10 controls, prompt injection hardening, model risk management.
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack: identity and access for AI systems, data pipeline security, model serving security.
• Lead AI governance framework implementation: EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and model risk management applied to live production systems.
• Shape AI reinvention security strategy for client CISO and CTO: risk-adjusted investment cases, security roadmaps, and governance operating models.
• Define and publish reusable security patterns, playbooks, and accelerators for multiple client engagements.
• Lead architecture design sessions, threat modeling workshops, and code-with sessions with client teams.
• Cybersecurity domain expertise in at least one discipline (AppSec, SecOps, IAM, cloud, GRC, or offensive security)
• Proposal and SOW development, solution shaping, and client commercial engagement
• Executive workshop facilitation and C-suite / CISO-level communication
• Structured analytical thinking and hypothesis-driven problem decomposition
• Team leadership: coaching managers and consultants through delivery
• Travel may be required 0–100% depending on client requirements.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Agentic AI tooling

Cloud security

IAM

GRC

Communication of security risk

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer in Boston to partner with client security and engineering teams. You will own outcomes including reduced attack surface and secure AI deployments, working hands‑on with Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot in a production environment.

The role requires deep expertise across AppSec, SecOps, cloud, IAM, or GRC, and a track record of end‑to‑end security delivery on large client programs.