Embedded Cybersecurity AI Engineer for Production Systems

Accenture; New York (NY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security is hiring a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded inside a client’s enterprise, ensuring AI systems are secure, governed, and resilient in real-world environments. You own outcomes: reduced attack surface, production-safe AI deployments, and measurable security posture improvement.

As part of Accenture’s Reinvention Delivery Engine, you’ll build security tooling and governance frameworks with AI-assisted coding tools and collaborate with client security and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.
• At least 3 years of engineering experience with cybersecurity depth in one area.
• At least 1 year hands-on experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

AppSec

SecOps

Cloud security

IAM

Penetration testing

GRC

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (12 years)

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security is hiring a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded inside a client’s enterprise, ensuring AI systems are secure, governed, and resilient in real-world environments. You own outcomes: reduced attack surface, production-safe AI deployments, and measurable security posture improvement.

As part of Accenture’s Reinvention Delivery Engine, you’ll build security tooling and governance frameworks with AI-assisted coding tools and collaborate with client security and