Embedded AI Security Engineer — Production-Ready

Accenture; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life Insurance

Long-term disability

401(k) Plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with a client's security and engineering teams, delivering production-ready AI security designs). The role emphasizes building, deploying, and governing AI security controls across enterprise stacks with hands-on tooling and governance frameworks.

Candidates must have deep engineering experience in security delivery, cloud security foundations, and the ability to lead and mentor engineers within a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Must communicate security risk in business terms.
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Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments across complex multi-stakeholder client environments—LLM systems, multi-agent pipelines, RAG architectures, and MLOps infrastructure—owning the full security design from assessment through hardened deployment
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools as the primary build environment: build AI-powered detection systems, automated threat response tooling, security assessment frameworks, and governance automation using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot in daily delivery practice
• Own AI-specific threat surface management at programme scale: OWASP LLM Top 10 controls, prompt injection hardening, model extraction prevention, adversarial input defences, and AI supply chain security across concurrent client workstreams
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack: identity and access for AI systems, data pipeline security, model serving security, and multi-system integration risk across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Lead AI governance framework implementation: EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and model risk management applied to live production systems, not theoretical compliance exercises
• Shape AI reinvention security strategy for client CISO and CTO: build risk-adjusted investment cases, security architecture roadmaps, and AI governance operating models aligned to commercial outcomes
• Define and publish reusable security patterns, playbooks, and accelerators that scale across multiple client engagements and grow the Secure AI practice
• Lead architecture design sessions, threat modeling workshops, and code-with sessions with client engineering and security leadership teams

Skills

Security risk communication

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with a client's security and engineering teams, delivering production-ready AI security designs). The role emphasizes building, deploying, and governing AI security controls across enterprise stacks with hands-on tooling and governance frameworks.

Candidates must have deep engineering experience in security delivery, cloud security foundations, and the ability to lead and mentor engineers within a fast-paced,