Senior AI Security Engineer, Forward-Deployed Leader

Accenture; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 337,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Bonuses & PTO

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer integrated with client security and AI teams. You own outcomes: reducing attack surface, enabling secure AI deployments, and improving security posture in real-world environments.

You will use agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot to build security tooling, detection systems, and governance frameworks. Travel may be required, and compensation varies by location.

Qualifications

• 10+ years engineering in production with cybersecurity depth in at least one area.
• 2+ years hands-on design/deployment of agentic AI solutions in production.
• 8+ years end-to-end security delivery ownership in client-embedded environments.
• 8+ years cloud security fundamentals across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments.
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools daily.
• Own AI threat surface management across program scale.
• Architect and govern AI security controls across enterprise stack.
• Lead AI governance framework implementation and risk management.
• Shape reinvention security strategy for CISO/CTO stakeholders.
• Publish reusable security patterns and accelerators for multiple clients.
• Lead architecture design sessions and code-with sessions with client teams.
• Demonstrate cybersecurity domain expertise in at least one discipline.
• Engage in proposal/SOW development and executive communication.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Cloud security

IAM

GRC

End-to-end security delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer integrated with client security and AI teams. You own outcomes: reducing attack surface, enabling secure AI deployments, and improving security posture in real-world environments.

You will use agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot to build security tooling, detection systems, and governance frameworks. Travel may be required, and compensation varies by location.