Forward-Deployed AI Security Engineer

Accenture; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Job summary

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with a client’s enterprise to secure AI systems, governance, and resilience. You will own outcomes—from reduced attack surface to production-safe AI deployments—working shoulder-to-shoulder with security and engineering teams.

Expect hands-on security engineering using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot, building detection systems, threat models, and governance frameworks within a 90-day delivery cycle in a

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of engineering experience in production environments with cybersecurity depth in at least one area.
• Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with cloud security fundamentals (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (12 years).

Responsibilities

• Support AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments.
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools as the primary build environment.
• Support AI-specific threat surface management across client workstreams.
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack.
• Assist with AI governance framework implementation (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF).
• Shape AI reinvention security strategy for client executives.
• Define and publish reusable security patterns and accelerators.
• Contribute to architecture design sessions and threat modeling workshops.

Skills

Engineering experience

AppSec

SecOps / detection

Cloud security

IAM

Offensive security

GRC

Agentic AI

Threat modeling

AI governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with a client’s enterprise to secure AI systems, governance, and resilience. You will own outcomes—from reduced attack surface to production-safe AI deployments—working shoulder-to-shoulder with security and engineering teams.

Expect hands-on security engineering using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot, building detection systems, threat models, and governance frameworks within a 90-day delivery cycle in a