Senior Network Security Lead — Multi-Vendor Expertise

Accenture Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Middle East is seeking an experienced Network Security Associate Manager to lead a multi-vendor security program in a mature enterprise environment. The role emphasizes hands-on configuration, architecture, and incident response while guiding a high‑performing team.

The successful candidate will champion secure connectivity, manage risk, and collaborate with SOC, operations, and clients to ensure high availability and business continuity in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of relevant network security experience, including leading technical activities or teams.
• Hands-on experience with multi-vendor security technologies and enterprise security architecture.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS or related field; certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Network Security team, providing technical guidance and knowledge transfer.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex incidents and outages.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, RCA and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Manage security changes, upgrades, configuration reviews and infrastructure improvements.
• Ensure service availability, SLA compliance and business continuity.
• Identify security risks and opportunities for continuous improvement; coordinate with SOC and vendors.

Skills

Network security

Team leadership

Incident response

Troubleshooting

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Related field

Tools

Palo Alto NGFW & Panorama

Fortinet FortiGate

F5 BIG-IP LTM/APM/ASM

Infoblox DNS Security

Cloudflare WAF & DDoS

Zscaler ZIA/ZPA

Network Security Architecture

Job description

Accenture Middle East is seeking an experienced Network Security Associate Manager to lead a multi-vendor security program in a mature enterprise environment. The role emphasizes hands-on configuration, architecture, and incident response while guiding a high‑performing team.

The successful candidate will champion secure connectivity, manage risk, and collaborate with SOC, operations, and clients to ensure high availability and business continuity in a fast-paced setting.