Secure AI Engineering Manager: Lead AI Security

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Senior Manager-level security professional focused on Secure AI and Data Protection. You will lead multi-discipline AI security workstreams, develop tooling, and guide client engagements across LLMs, agentic systems, and AI gateways.

Expect travel up to 0-100% depending on client needs. The role requires 5+ years in cybersecurity with hands-on experience in AI security, threat modeling for AI, and cloud security fundamentals, plus a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of total experience in Cybersecurity with depth in at least one area (AppSec, SecOps, IAM, cloud security, etc).
• Minimum 1 year hands-on with agentic coding tools: Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Codex.
• Minimum 1 year experience in AI architecture fundamentals: LLMs, agentic systems, A2A, RAG, MLOps pipelines.
• Minimum 1 year experience in AI-specific security: OWASP LLM Top 10, prompt injection, adversarial inputs, AI supply chain risks.
• Minimum 1 year experience in threat modeling for AI systems (STRIDE, PASTA, etc).
• Cloud platform security fundamentals certification (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (12 years)

Responsibilities

• Cybersecurity Secure AI solutions that transform clients’ Enterprise AI adoption and secure their AI-enabled operations.
• Design, set-up, and test prototype and production secure AI deployment solutions and ensure components work together.
• Collaborate with project team and client stakeholders to create stand-out AI Security offerings powered by LLMs and agentic frameworks.
• Develop relationships with clients and advocate for secure AI solutions.
• Contribute to sales efforts and evolving practice assets.

Skills

Agentic coding

AI security

Cloud security

Threat modeling

GRC

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Codex

Job description

Accenture seeks a Senior Manager-level security professional focused on Secure AI and Data Protection. You will lead multi-discipline AI security workstreams, develop tooling, and guide client engagements across LLMs, agentic systems, and AI gateways.

Expect travel up to 0-100% depending on client needs. The role requires 5+ years in cybersecurity with hands-on experience in AI security, threat modeling for AI, and cloud security fundamentals, plus a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.