AI Security Forward‑Deployed Engineering Lead

Accenture; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 281,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Long-term disability

401(k)

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with a client’s AI program, securing production agentic deployments and driving measurable security posture improvements.

You will design threat models, implement AI governance, and deliver security tooling across cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) while collaborating with client teams in 90-day delivery cycles.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years engineering experience in production with cybersecurity depth in at least one area.
• At least 1 year designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production.
• Six+ years end-to-end security delivery ownership in client-embedded or production environments.
• Six+ years with cloud security fundamentals on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production deployments.
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools.
• Own AI-specific threat surface management across multiple client workstreams.
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack.
• Lead AI governance framework implementation (EU AI Act, NIST RMF, model risk).
• Shape AI reinvention security strategy and publish reusable security patterns.

Skills

AppSec

SecOps

Cloud security

IAM

GRC

Threat modeling

AI governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with a client’s AI program, securing production agentic deployments and driving measurable security posture improvements.

You will design threat models, implement AI governance, and deliver security tooling across cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) while collaborating with client teams in 90-day delivery cycles.