Security Delivery Consultant

About the Role

Accenture Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced Security Delivery Consultant to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role focuses on serving as a senior escalation point within the Security Operations Center (SOC), leading complex incident response investigations, and performing digital forensics. The consultant will also drive SIEM engineering and tuning efforts to enhance detection capabilities, playing a critical role in protecting client environments and mentoring junior SOC analysts.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary escalation point for complex and high-severity security incidents from L1 and L2 analysts.
• Lead end-to-end incident response investigations, including containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Conduct digital forensics analysis on endpoints, networks, and logs to determine root cause and impact.
• Engineer, fine-tune, and optimize SIEM use cases, correlation rules, and alerting logic to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and SOC procedures.
• Collaborate with the CTI team to integrate threat intelligence into detection and response workflows.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to L1 and L2 analysts.
• Prepare detailed incident reports and present findings to management and clients.

Qualifications and Experience

• 2–5 years of experience in a SOC environment, with hands-on experience at L3 level (DFIR).
• Strong expertise in incident response and digital forensics methodologies.
• Proven hands-on experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, or similar, including rule creation and tuning.
• Solid understanding of network protocols, attack techniques, and threat actor TTPs.
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and its application in detection engineering.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications are a plus (GCIH, GCFE, GCFA, Splunk Certified, Microsoft SC-200, or equivalent).
• Knowledge of Saudi Arabia's NCA cybersecurity regulations and compliance requirements.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a dynamic Security Operations Center environment.

Application Process

Candidates meeting the specified requirements are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.