Embedded AI Security Engineer (Forward-Deployed)

Accenture; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded with client's security and engineering teams to secure AI systems. You will own outcomes for reduced attack surface and production-safe AI deployments, using Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot in daily practice.

Travel may be required across client engagements. Required are 8+ years in engineering with cybersecurity depth and hands-on AI deployment experience, plus 6+ years of end-to-end security delivery in

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with a cybersecurity discipline in one area such as AppSec or SecOps.
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production is required.
• 6+ years delivering security work in client-embedded or production environments.
• Cloud security fundamentals across at least one provider (AWS/Azure/GCP) required.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments.
• Build AI-powered detection systems and governance tooling using AI co-authored code.
• Own AI threat surface management including OWASP LLM Top 10 and prompt hardening.
• Govern AI security controls across identity, data pipelines, and model serving.
• Lead governance frameworks like EU AI Act and NIST RMF in production settings.
• Shape reinvention security strategy and publish reusable security patterns.

Skills

AI security

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Cloud security

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded with client's security and engineering teams to secure AI systems. You will own outcomes for reduced attack surface and production-safe AI deployments, using Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot in daily practice.

Travel may be required across client engagements. Required are 8+ years in engineering with cybersecurity depth and hands-on AI deployment experience, plus 6+ years of end-to-end security delivery in