Zero Trust & SASE Infrastructure Security Architect

Socket.dev; Missouri; On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Security and Risk professional to lead network security initiatives within its global Accenture Security practice in the United States. You will develop, deliver and govern security solutions spanning cloud security, identity management, risk, and threat management for diverse clients.

The role emphasizes strategic direction, leadership of junior resources, business development, and collaboration with senior stakeholders to translate technical requirements into business

Qualifications

• Provides solutions to complex business problems for area(s) of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
• Involved in setting strategic direction to establish near term goals for area of responsibility.
• Interacts with senior management levels at a client and/or within Accenture, which involves negotiating or influencing on significant matters.
• Has latitude in decision-making and determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.

Responsibilities

• Help develop, foster and sell network security projects
• Responsible for migrating client to Network Managed Service. Ensure client deliverables are produced on time according to specified project deliverables and scope
• Drive the development and upskill of junior resources
• Design and deliver network security and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offerings and solutions for clients as well as the following: Support the delivery of Accenture's security offerings related to cloud security, including security governance (security policies and procedures), security strategy (security planning), risk (risk assessments and management), cloud data protection (classification, encryption, tokenization), cloud-based identity and access management, technology/provider-specific cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, Softlayer, VMware) and monitoring/analytics for and in the cloud
• Ability to interpret relevance of security controls to relevant compliance with legal, best-practice, and regulatory requirements for cloud environments.
• Developing and presenting at industry conferences as an expert in the Cloud Security field
• Lead the growth, development and support junior cloud security resources
• Understand engagements, business drivers and security enablement opportunities as it relates to our client's business
• Demonstrate ability to lead and manage business development / proposal efforts
• Business development responsibilities around cloud & network security including origination, capture and relationship development
• Ability to translate technical cloud security requirements into business terms for executive stakeholders
• Conduct cloud and infrastructure security strategy, readiness and discovery assessments; be familiar with cloud security frameworks, compliance requirements and security operations
• Deliver services that meet Accenture Project quality specifications
• Ability to take initiative to communicate, interact, and collaborate with others to ensure that all aspects of a task

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Security and Risk professional to lead network security initiatives within its global Accenture Security practice in the United States. You will develop, deliver and govern security solutions spanning cloud security, identity management, risk, and threat management for diverse clients.

The role emphasizes strategic direction, leadership of junior resources, business development, and collaboration with senior stakeholders to translate technical requirements into business