Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer Manager
Accenture
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This role pays more than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$238,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $249k versus about $200k for comparable roles.
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Accenture is a leading global professional services company specializing in IT, strategy, consulting, and operations, with a strong focus on digital transformation, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
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The AI - Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE Senior Manager joins the Reinvention Delivery Engine Pod to secure production AI systems within complex client environments. This production engineering role involves leading AI security architecture, threat modeling, and governance for LLM systems, multi-agent pipelines, and RAG architectures. You will build AI-powered detection systems, automated threat response tooling, and security assessment frameworks using agentic coding as the primary delivery method. Required tools include Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. You must manage risks like prompt injection, model extraction, and adversarial inputs across AWS, Azure, or GCP platforms. The role requires deep expertise in AppSec, SecOps, IAM, or cloud security to implement controls like the EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF while leading teams to deliver measurable security posture improvements.
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