Accenture - Technology Consulting Professional - Security Advisory

Principal Duties And Responsibilities:

Working closely with our clients, our consulting professionals, design, build and implement strategies that can help enhance business performance. Our consultants develop specialized expertise- strategic, industry, functional, technical- in a diverse project environment that offers multiple opportunities for career growth.

Specifically, within Security Advisory, we help our clients create and implement a comprehensive security and resilience strategy to gain and retain digital trust of their customers.

Here are just a few of your day-to-day responsibilities.

- Identify and assess current state security capabilities and risk mitigation posture for our clients

- Define target state security capabilities tailored to each client's business goals and industry best practices

- Define a comprehensive security roadmap that includes cutting edge trends within Applications, APIs and Data

- Apply New IT to help our clients mitigate known risks and pre-empt unknown threats to safeguard data, networks, people and assets.

- Competent with Application Security, information management, infrastructure security, Cloud Security principles as well as data protection related regulations such as GDPR

- Working knowledge of frameworks and standards including ISO 27001, ISO 27002, PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA

- TOGAF/CISSP/CISA/CISM certified preferred

Security Strategy: Can review overarching security vision, existing security programs as well as can conduct analysis of present and anticipated threats and define new programs to plug in identified gaps

- Security Operating Model: Should be competent with creation of cost effective and efficient security operating model for solid security posture. Should be able to deep dive into people, process and technology aspects of Security Operating Model.

- Security Architecture: Experience in developing security guiding principles as well as logical security architecture for Applications, Data and Infrastructure EA layers. Must be proficient in deep diving into multiple layers for detailed security design

- Security Governance: Has setup up Enterprise Security Governance organization in large enterprises and helped structure program, define roles and responsibilities and help in establishing decision making, RACI, risk management & escalation matrix framework

- New IT: Proficient with New IT technologies such as Cloud, Blockchain, AI, RPA, IoT and their implications on security.

Key Competencies and Skills:

- Strong desire to work in technology-driven business transformation

- Strong knowledge of technology trends across IT and digital and how they can be applied to companies to address real world problems and opportunities.

- Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills - ability to convey technology and business value propositions to senior stakeholders

- Team oriented and collaborative working style, both with clients and those within the organization.

- Capacity to develop high impact thought leadership that articulates a forward-thinking view of the market.

- Deep experience within one or more of the Banking, Capital Markets, Telecom, Media, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, Retail or Consumer Goods services industries.

- Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships

- Proven track record in working creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

- Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment with effective consulting skills

- Proven track record to quickly understand the key value drivers of a business, how they impact the scope and approach of the engagement

- Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements