Accenture

Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant

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3 days ago
Boston, MA, USA +36 moreMid Level

Base Salary

$54k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and support security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic AI deployments, including LLM systems, multi-agent pipelines, RAG architectures, and MLOps infrastructure.
  • Build AI-powered detection systems, automated threat-response tooling, security assessment frameworks, and governance automation using agentic coding tools.
  • Manage AI-specific threats including prompt injection, model extraction, adversarial inputs, OWASP LLM Top 10 controls, and AI supply-chain risks.
  • Architect security controls for AI identity and access, data pipelines, model serving, cloud platforms, and multi-system integrations.
  • Implement AI governance frameworks including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and model risk management for production systems.
  • Develop security strategies, investment cases, architecture roadmaps, operating models, reusable patterns, playbooks, and accelerators for client and Accenture use.
  • Lead or support architecture sessions, threat-modeling workshops, and code-with sessions with client engineering and security leaders.

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of production engineering experience with cybersecurity depth in AppSec, SecOps/detection engineering, cloud security, IAM, offensive security/penetration testing, or GRC.
  • Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience designing and deploying agentic AI solutions in production environments.
  • Minimum 3 years working with cloud platform security fundamentals, including IAM, network security, secrets management, and AI service security configurations.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent minimum 12 years of work experience; candidates with an associate degree must have at least 6 years of work experience.
  • Ability to communicate security risk in business terms and translate threat exposure into investment rationale for CISO or CFO decision-making.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage.
  • 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.
  • Travel may be required, ranging from 0% to 100% depending on business and client needs.
  • The posting is anticipated to remain open until 11/26/2026.

Categories

Forward Deployed
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About Accenture

10,000+ employees

Accenture is a global professional services firm providing management consulting, systems integration and technology, cybersecurity, and business process outsourcing for enterprises and governments. It operates a services-driven model delivering projects and managed services, often with major cloud and software partners, across industries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin and publicly traded on the NYSE (ACN), it originated as Andersen Consulting and adopted the Accenture name in 2001.

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