Cloud Security Consultant

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture, and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.Accenture people build careers in four different areas of our business: Consulting, Technology, Outsourcing and internal Corporate Functions. Each area offers a unique career experience and a compelling mix of work and training opportunities, work environment and structure for career progression. People in our Client & Market career track drive profitable growth by developing market-relevant insights to increase market share or create new markets. They progress through required promotion into market-facing roles that have a direct impact on sales. Why Accenture Security Serving as a trusted security partner for more than 20 years to more than 330 clients across ~70 countries, Accenture Security helps organizations build resilience from the inside out so they can operate and grow confidently in a rapidly evolving threat landscape. Our 5000 security professionals bring exceptional industry expertise to tailor intelligent security services to our clients’ unique businesses and industries. We provide a full spectrum of services – from security strategy development, to business transformation to managed security services – on demand and at a global scale.Leveraging our global resources and next-generation technologies, we create an integrated, comprehensive program tailored to each organization’s specific business goals and industry. Recognizing that there is no finish line in securing enterprises, we are constantly collaborating at our global cyber labs and centers with our broad, interdisciplinary innovation ecosystem of the best minds in security. Our focus on continuous innovation gives us a front lines perspective that ensures we are adapting to match the pace of security challenges.Accenture’s unique ability to combine deep Security expertise across Strategy, Technology and Operations means that it is able to offer clients an enterprise-wide security program to predict, protect, detect, and respond to threats in an industry specific context.Job Description CLOUD & INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY strengthens clients’ ability to detect, prevent, and respond to infrastructure threats (networks, clouds, endpoints, mobile, and IoT). This includes cloud security, network architecture transformation, NextGEN anti-virus and endpoint detection & response.Key responsibilities: • Cloud Security Solutioning: devise implementation plans, formulate cloud security architecture designs, and join implementation teams in implementing the solutions devised on one or more cloud service providers (CSPs). • Multi-Cloud Security Implementation: Follow implementation plans and designs to implement various components in the cloud to secure client’s cloud tenants. This includes and not limited to: o Cloud firewalls & network segmentation rules. o Cloud API Gateway Security Policies o Cloud Web Application Firewalls o Workload security solutions (VMs, Containers, Functions) o Directory Services Authentication & Authorization, and Key Management o DevSecOps Toolsets o Security Analytics • Third Party Cloud Security Platforms Implementation: get acquainted with leading cloud security platforms and solutions, attend trainings for the same and follow implementation plans and designs. Examples include: o Cloud security posture management o Container security management o Endpoint security management o Third party next-generation firewalls. o DevSecOps Scanners and Testers (SAST, DAST & VA) • Carry out design and implementation assessments and thread modeling when required against established standards and best practices (i.e: STRIDE, PCI DSS, CSA CCM)
Required Qualifications • Cloud Storage, Network or Compute implementation Engineers with or without security background are welcome to apply. • 1-3 years of working experience in one or more cloud environments (Azure, AWS and GCP). Doing implementations, designs and reviews/assessments. • Strong understanding of Data Networking and Cybersecurity domains of knowledge. • Distinct problem-solving skills with proven technical writing and communication abilities. • Comfortable using M.S Visio to chart different types of diagrams. • Strong presentation and verbal skills. • Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and collaboration in professional setting;Our Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity At Accenture, inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and embedded in our core values. We are committed to creating a workforce where our people can feel comfortable, be themselves and contribute. Like Canada itself, Accenture employees represent a tremendous variety of cultures, ethnicities, beliefs, backgrounds and languages. We offer an inclusive environment regardless of personal characteristics such as ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age or disability. Requesting an Accommodation Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired. If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009, send us an email or speak with your recruiter. Other Employment Statements It is currently our objective to assign our people to work near where they live. However, given the nature of our business and our need to serve clients, our employees must be available to travel when needed. Job candidates are not required to disclose any offence for which a pardon has been granted.Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 513,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com.