Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant

Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant at Accenture in Cincinnati, OH onsite, focused on securing, governing, and optimizing AI systems with end-to-end security design and agentic coding.

Responsibilities

• Support AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments across complex multi-stakeholder client environments—LLM systems, multi-agent pipelines, RAG architectures, and MLOps infrastructure—owning the full security design from assessment through hardened deployment
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools as the primary build environment: build AI powered detection systems, automated threat response tooling, security assessment frameworks, and governance automation using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot in daily delivery practice
• Support AI specific threat surface management at programme scale: OWASP LLM Top 10 controls, prompt injection hardening, model extraction prevention, adversarial input defences, and AI supply chain security across concurrent client workstreams
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack: identity and access for AI systems, data pipeline security, model serving security, and multi-system integration risk across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Assist with AI governance framework implementation: EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and model risk management applied to live production systems, not theoretical compliance exercises
• Shape AI reinvention security strategy for client CISO and CTO: build risk adjusted investment cases, security architecture roadmaps, and AI governance operating models aligned to commercial outcomes
• Define and publish reusable security patterns, playbooks, and accelerators that scale across multiple client engagements and grow the Secure AI practice
• Contribute and support architecture design sessions, threat modeling workshops, and code-with sessions with client engineering and security leadership teams

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of engineering experience in production environments with a cybersecurity discipline depth in at least one area: 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 a production environment—non-negotiable; theoretical familiarity does not qualify
• Minimum 3 years working with Cloud platform security fundamentals across at least one provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP): IAM, network security, secrets management, and AI service security configurations
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience

Technologies

• Claude Code
• Cursor
• GitHub Copilot
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Bonus opportunities
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off

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