Lead AI Security Deployment - Forward-Deployed, Client-Embedded

Accenture; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 80,400 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded inside a client’s enterprise, collaborating with security and engineering teams to ensure AI systems are secure, governed, and resilient in real-world environments.

You will build security tooling, detection systems, threat models, and governance frameworks with AI co-authored code, delivering measurable security posture improvements and reduced attack surface across complex deployments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience in production environments with cybersecurity depth in at least one area (AppSec, SecOps/detection, cloud security, IAM, offensive security/GRC).
• Minimum 1 year hands-on experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production—non-negotiable; theory alone does not qualify.
• Minimum 6 years of end-to-end security delivery ownership in a client-embedded or production environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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.
• Own AI-specific threat surface management at programme scale and ensure secure design across OWASP LLM Top 10 controls.
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack including identity, data pipelines, model serving, and cloud integration risks.
• Lead AI governance framework implementation (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, model risk management).
• Shape reinvention security strategy for client CISO/CTO with risk-adjusted investment cases and roadmaps.
• Publish reusable security patterns and accelerators for multiple client engagements.
• Lead architecture design sessions, threat modeling workshops, and code-with sessions with client teams.

Skills

Security risk communication

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded inside a client’s enterprise, collaborating with security and engineering teams to ensure AI systems are secure, governed, and resilient in real-world environments.

You will build security tooling, detection systems, threat models, and governance frameworks with AI co-authored code, delivering measurable security posture improvements and reduced attack surface across complex deployments.