Senior AI Security Architect & Forward-Deployed Engineer

Accenture; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 366,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security seeks a senior Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded inside a client’s enterprise, ensuring AI systems are secure, governed, and resilient in real environments. You own outcomes: reduced attack surface and measurable security posture improvements, using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot as primary tools.

Work occurs in a 90-day delivery cadence within an RDE Pod, with end-to-end responsibility for build, deploy, and optimize, collaborating closely with

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience in production environments with cybersecurity depth.
• At least 2 years designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production.
• Minimum 8 years end-to-end security delivery ownership in client-embedded or production settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments.
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools in daily practice.
• Own AI-specific threat surface management across multi-client workstreams.
• Architect and govern AI security controls across enterprise stacks.

Skills

Engineering experience

Cybersecurity

Cloud security

IAM

GRC

AppSec

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security seeks a senior Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to work embedded inside a client’s enterprise, ensuring AI systems are secure, governed, and resilient in real environments. You own outcomes: reduced attack surface and measurable security posture improvements, using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot as primary tools.

Work occurs in a 90-day delivery cadence within an RDE Pod, with end-to-end responsibility for build, deploy, and optimize, collaborating closely with