Accenture seeks a highly skilled Secure AI Engineer Manager to lead delivery of secure AI client workstreams, build security tooling, and advance practice assets with a focus on Security for AI and AI for Security across LLM platforms while mentoring teams.
Responsibilities
- Deliver cybersecurity focused Secure AI solutions that accelerate enterprise AI adoption and safeguard AI enabled operations
- Design, configure, and validate prototype and production secure AI deployment solutions, ensuring end-to-end integration
- Collaborate with project teams, team leaders, project delivery leads, and client stakeholders to develop standout AI Security and Governance offerings built on LLM platforms, frontier‑grade models, agentic frameworks, and AI/MCP gateways including Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, and Azure OpenAI
- Build trusted relationships with clients and key advisory stakeholders
- Articulate the business case for the recommended secure AI solution
- Support Accenture sales efforts as needed
- Pursue ongoing learning to strengthen foundational AI, AI security, emerging technology, and business expertise
- Travel may be required; frequency varies from 0 to 100 percent based on business needs and client requirements
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of total experience in Cybersecurity with depth in at least one area such as AppSec, SecOps/detection engineering, IAM, cloud security, offensive security/penetration testing, GRC, or responsible AI
- Minimum 1 year of hands-on proficiency with agentic coding tools: Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Codex, with daily use
- Minimum 1 year of experience with AI architecture fundamentals: LLMs, agentic systems, A2A, RAG, MLOps pipelines, MCP, AI Gateway, and model serving
- Minimum 1 year of experience in AI specific security: OWASP LLM Top 10, prompt injection, adversarial inputs, AI supply chain risks
- Minimum 1 year of experience in threat modeling for AI systems (STRIDE, PASTA, or equivalent) applied to LLM deployments and agentic pipelines
- Cloud platform security fundamentals certification (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) of work experience. If Associate’s Degree, at least 6 years of work experience
Technologies
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- GitHub Copilot
- Codex
- Anthropic Claude
- OpenAI
- Azure OpenAI
- AI Gateway
- MCP
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- LLMs
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Bonus opportunities
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
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