Senior AI Security Forward-Deployed Engineer

Accenture; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 123,000 - 366,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds with a client's enterprise to secure production AI systems. You will own outcomes: reduced attack surface, production-safe AI deployments, and measurable security posture improvements through hands-on engineering and governance work.

You will use Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot as essential tools in daily delivery. You will work within Accenture’s Reinvention Delivery Engine (RDE) Pod, operating in 90-day

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience in production environments with cybersecurity depth.
• 2+ years hands-on design/deployment of agentic AI in production.
• 8+ years end-to-end security delivery ownership in client-embedded or production settings.
• 8+ years cloud security fundamentals across at least one provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments.
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools to build detection systems.
• Own AI-specific threat surface management across client environments and architectures.
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack.
• Lead AI governance framework implementation and risk-based investment cases.
• Define reusable security patterns and accelerators for multiple client engagements.
• Lead architecture design sessions and security workshops with client teams.
• Demonstrate cybersecurity domain expertise in at least one discipline.
• Support proposals, SOWs, and client engagement activities.
• Facilitate executive workshops and communicate with C-suite security leadership.
• Mentor managers and consultants within the delivery teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Agentic AI

Cloud security

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer who embeds with a client's enterprise to secure production AI systems. You will own outcomes: reduced attack surface, production-safe AI deployments, and measurable security posture improvements through hands-on engineering and governance work.

You will use Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot as essential tools in daily delivery. You will work within Accenture’s Reinvention Delivery Engine (RDE) Pod, operating in 90-day