Senior AI Security Forward-Deployed Engineer & Manager

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

Job summary

Accenture Security is seeking a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with a client’s security and engineering teams, delivering secure, governance-driven AI deployments. You own outcomes: reduced attack surface, production-safe AI deployments, and measurable security posture improvements through architecture, threat modeling, and tooling using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.

Travel may be required; you will communicate effectively with CISO/CTO to align security with business

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years engineering experience with a cybersecurity discipline depth in AppSec, SecOps, cloud, IAM, or GRC.
• Minimum 2 years designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production.
• Minimum 8 years end-to-end security delivery ownership in client-embedded or production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling across LLM systems, multi-agent pipelines, RAG, and MLOps.
• Build AI-powered security tooling and governance automation using agentic coding tools.
• Manage AI threat surface, OWASP LLM Top 10 controls, and AI supply chain security.
• Architect AI security controls across identity, data pipelines, model serving, and cloud integrations.
• Lead AI governance frameworks including EU AI Act, NIST RMF, and model risk management.
• Shape reinvention security strategy for client executive stakeholders and build investment roadmaps.
• Publish reusable security patterns and accelerators for multiple client engagements.
• Lead architecture 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 embed with a client’s security and engineering teams, delivering secure, governance-driven AI deployments. You own outcomes: reduced attack surface, production-safe AI deployments, and measurable security posture improvements through architecture, threat modeling, and tooling using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.

Travel may be required; you will communicate effectively with CISO/CTO to align security with business