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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Secure AI Engineer Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$80.4k - $293.8k/yr+ Bonus opportunities
Senior
Bachelor's, Associate's
Boston, MA, USA+41 moreMore locations: Seattle, WA, USA | Houston, TX, USA | Des Moines, IA, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Detroit, MI, USA | Cleveland, OH, USA | Bentonville, AR, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Miami, FL, USA | Morristown, NJ, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Raleigh, NC, USA | Redmond, WA, USA | Philadelphia, PA, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | Arlington County, Arlington, VA, USA | St. Louis, MO, USA | Milwaukee, WI, USA | Carmel, IN, USA | Beaverton, OR, USA | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Sacramento, CA, USA | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | Kirkland, WA, USA | Albany, NY, USA | Scottsdale, AZ, USA | Columbus, OH, USA | Hartford, CT, USA | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | New York, NY, USA | Minneapolis, MN, USA | Denver, CO, USA | Mountain View, CA, USA | Atlanta, GA, USA | San Diego, CA, USA | St. Petersburg, FL, USA | Cincinnati, OH, USA | Overland Park, KS, USA
HybridHybrid office/home arrangement at listed locations; travel may range from 0% to 100% depending on business and client needs.
CybersecuritySecurity Engineering & Architecture
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of 5 years of total experience in a cybersecurity discipline, with depth in at least one area: application security, security operations/detection engineering, identity and access management, cloud security, offensive security/penetration testing, governance, risk and compliance, or responsible AI.
  • A minimum of 1 year of hands-on proficiency with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Codex, with active daily use required.
  • A minimum of 1 year of experience with AI architecture fundamentals, including large language models, agentic systems, agent-to-agent protocols, retrieval-augmented generation, machine learning operations pipelines, Model Context Protocol, AI gateways, and model serving.
  • A minimum of 1 year of experience in AI-specific security, including the OWASP Large Language Model Top 10, prompt injection, adversarial inputs, and AI supply chain risks.
  • A minimum of 1 year of experience in threat modeling for AI systems, using STRIDE, PASTA, or an equivalent approach applied to large language model deployments and agentic pipelines.
  • A cloud platform security fundamentals certification for AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform is required.
  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience of at least 12 years is required. An associate's degree is accepted with at least 6 years of work experience.
Responsibilities
  • Deliver cybersecurity secure AI solutions that transform clients’ enterprise AI adoption and secure their AI-enabled operations.
  • Design, set up, and test prototype and production secure AI deployment solutions, ensuring that all components work together seamlessly.
  • Work with project teams, team leaders, project delivery leads, and client stakeholders to create AI security and governance offerings powered by large language model platforms, frontier-grade models, agentic frameworks, and AI/Model Context Protocol gateways, including representative examples such as Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, and Azure OpenAI.
  • Develop strong relationships with clients and gain the trust of key advisors.
  • Make the business case for the most effective and appropriate secure AI solution recommended to the client.
  • Contribute to Accenture sales efforts when needed.
  • Continue to develop technical foundational AI, AI security, emerging technology, and business expertise.
  • Lead day-to-day execution of client workstreams with a high degree of independence, produce technical work product, and develop consultants into capable practitioners.
  • Operate across multiple Secure AI disciplines, with a focus on Security for AI and AI for Security, while working from a shared technical foundation.
  • Use agentic coding tools productively, build and run security tooling, facilitate client workshops, manage small teams, and contribute to practice-building assets including playbooks, reusable tools, and training materials.
Desired Qualifications
  • Produce and review security assessments, architecture designs, tooling, and written findings as part of technical delivery leadership.
  • Build strong client relationships and partner with organizations to reimagine their business through innovation.
  • Collaborate across diverse communities, including domain experts, engineers, and designers.
  • Communicate technical findings clearly to director-level client stakeholders.
  • Use structured problem decomposition and methodical troubleshooting.
  • Mentor and develop consultant-level practitioners through delivery.
  • Contribute successfully to a team-oriented environment.
  • Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
  • Work in an environment that fosters teaming.
  • Demonstrate leadership, written and oral communication, and interpersonal skills.

About the company

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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  • Business demand grew: October 2026 results showed $74.2 billion annual revenue, up 5% in local currency.
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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Professional Development Budget
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match

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Accenture has capped employee AI spending at $29 (£21.75) a month after some staff ran up bills of $1,000, according to a report by 404 Media. The consulting firm wants to curb runaway costs as employees use AI for more everyday tasks. Companies are typically billed by usage, like a utility. Last week, some staff were told their access to Anthropic's Claude had been pulled entirely. Others are also reining in costs. Uber capped engineers' Claude spending at $1,500 a month after using up its AI budget in four months, while Microsoft has reportedly cut its Claude spending by about a third. The curbs come as Anthropic prepares for a public listing, targeting a valuation as high as $2tn. Investors are reportedly considering about $1.5tn.

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