Embedded AI Security Engineer - Forward Deployed

Accenture; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life, and LT‑

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays and paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with client security and engineering teams, ensuring secure, governed, and resilient AI systems in real environments. The role emphasizes agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot to deliver security tooling, detection systems, and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities span security architecture, threat modeling, and end-to-end delivery within a Reinvention Delivery Engine pod that operates in 90-day

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering in production security.
• At least 1 year hands-on agentic AI deployments.
• 6+ years end-to-end security delivery in client environments.
• 6+ years cloud security with IAM, network security, and AI service configurations.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments across client environments.
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools as the primary build environment.
• Own AI-specific threat surface management at programme scale: OWASP LLM Top 10 controls.
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack: identity, data pipelines, model serving.
• Lead AI governance framework implementation: EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and model risk management.
• Shape AI reinvention security strategy for client CISO/CTO with risk-adjusted investment cases.
• Define and publish reusable security patterns, playbooks, and accelerators for multiple engagements.
• Lead architecture design sessions, threat modeling workshops with client teams.

Skills

Threat modeling

AI security

Cloud security

IAM

GRC

Security delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with client security and engineering teams, ensuring secure, governed, and resilient AI systems in real environments. The role emphasizes agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot to deliver security tooling, detection systems, and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities span security architecture, threat modeling, and end-to-end delivery within a Reinvention Delivery Engine pod that operates in 90-day