Security Lead

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave (18 weeks)

Career breaks (long & short-term)

Career development program

Global career opportunities

Family Inclusive Workplace

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion commitment

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Security Lead to define cloud security architecture and ensure compliance across cloud environments in Australia. The role emphasizes DevSecOps integration, security strategy, and collaboration with multiple teams to drive secure outcomes.

You will mentor staff, evaluate new security technologies, and contribute to ongoing improvements in security posture while aligning with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices by integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to design secure, scalable cloud architectures aligned with security and compliance standards.
• Hands-on experience securing cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) including IAM, network security, and configurations.
• Experience defining security requirements, threat analysis, and planning security controls during solution design.
• Experience delivering or working with managed security services including monitoring, incident response, and continuous compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance on cloud security initiatives to align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security best practices into cloud infrastructure and operations.
• Lead the evaluation and adoption of emerging security technologies to enhance the cloud security posture.
• Drive continuous improvement in security architecture by analyzing trends, risks, and incidents.
• Mentor and support team members to elevate overall security awareness and technical capabilities.

Skills

DevSecOps

Cloud Security Architecture

Cloud Infrastructure Security

Cloud Security Planning

Managed Cloud Security Services

Job description

About Accenture

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We are seeking a new talent to join the our team where you will have the opportunity to collaborate in an exciting project upcoming in Australia.

Responsibilities

As a Security Lead, you will be responsible for defining the cloud security framework and architecture, ensuring it meets the business requirements and performance goals. You will document the implementation of the cloud security controls and support the transition to cloud security‑managed operations. You are expected to be a subject matter expert with deep knowledge and experience, possessing strong influencing and advisory skills. You will be responsible for team decisions, engage with multiple teams, and contribute to key decisions. Providing solutions to problems that apply across multiple teams is a critical part of this role. Advanced proficiency in DevSecOps is required. Advanced proficiency in Cloud Security Architecture is recommended. Advanced proficiency in Cloud Infrastructure Security, Cloud Security Planning, and Managed Cloud Security Services is suggested.

• Provide strategic guidance on cloud security initiatives to align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security best practices into cloud infrastructure and operations.

• Lead the evaluation and adoption of emerging security technologies to enhance the cloud security posture.

• Drive continuous improvement in security architecture by analyzing trends, risks, and incidents.

• Mentor and support team members to elevate overall security awareness and technical capabilities.

Requirements

• DevSecOps: Experience implementing DevSecOps practices by integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and across the SDLC.

• Cloud Security Architecture: Ability to design secure, scalable cloud architectures aligned with security and compliance standards.

• Cloud Infrastructure Security: Hands‑on experience securing cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) including IAM, network security, and configurations.

• Cloud Security Planning: Experience defining security requirements, conducting threat analysis, and planning security controls during solution design.

• Managed Cloud Security Services: Experience delivering or working with managed security services including monitoring, incident response, and continuous compliance.

Benefits of working at Accenture:

• 18 weeks paid parental leave

• Long & short-term career break opportunities

• Structured career development program

• Local and international career opportunities.

• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™

• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.

• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

All our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You’ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statementfor Australia:

At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.

As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.

We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email [e-mail] and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on [phone].

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