Forward-Deployed AI Security Engineer

Accenture; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 87,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds with a client's security and engineering teams to secure and govern AI systems in real-world environments. You will own outcomes, reduce attack surface, and deliver production-safe AI deployments using agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

The role sits in Accenture’s Reinvention Delivery Engine (RDE) Pod, with 90-day delivery cycles and end-to-end accountability for build, deploy, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years engineering experience in production with cybersecurity depth.
• At least 1 year hands-on designing and deploying agentic AI solutions.
• At least 6 years end-to-end security delivery ownership in client-embedded environments.
• At least 6 years working with one public cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments.
• Build AI-powered security tooling and governance automation using AI-assisted coding tools.
• Manage AI-specific threat surface and implement OWASP LLM controls across client workstreams.
• Govern AI security controls across identity, data pipelines, model serving, and cloud integrations.
• Lead AI governance framework implementation aligned to EU AI Act, NIST RMF and risk management.
• Develop risk-aware investment cases and security roadmaps for client CISOs/CTOs.
• Publish reusable security patterns and playbooks scalable across engagements.
• Facilitate architecture design sessions and threat modeling workshops with client teams.

Skills

Agentic AI

AI security

Cloud security

IAM

GRC

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds with a client's security and engineering teams to secure and govern AI systems in real-world environments. You will own outcomes, reduce attack surface, and deliver production-safe AI deployments using agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

The role sits in Accenture’s Reinvention Delivery Engine (RDE) Pod, with 90-day delivery cycles and end-to-end accountability for build, deploy, and