Security Consultant

About the Role

Accenture Saudi Arabia is seeking a Security Consultant to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves supporting the delivery of Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity engagements, encompassing consulting, engineering, architecture, design, and implementation. The consultant will combine advisory expertise with hands-on technical delivery, collaborating with clients, OT teams, OEMs, and technology vendors to design, implement, and optimize secure OT environments aligned with operational and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of end-to-end OT Cybersecurity engagements, including assessments, strategy, architecture, engineering, design, and implementation activities.
• Conduct OT cybersecurity maturity assessments, gap analyses, risk assessments, and security reviews within industrial and critical infrastructure environments.
• Design and engineer OT cybersecurity solutions aligned with client requirements, operational objectives, and industry best practices.
• Develop OT security architectures, network designs, security controls, technical specifications, and implementation roadmaps.
• Assist in the implementation, configuration, and optimization of OT security technologies, such as network segmentation, firewalls, secure remote access, asset visibility, monitoring, and vulnerability management.
• Participate in technical workshops, solution engineering, system integration, testing, commissioning, and operational handover activities.
• Collaborate with OT, engineering, IT, and cybersecurity teams to translate business and operational requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions.
• Work with OT OEMs, system integrators, and technology vendors to design, integrate, validate, and support OT cybersecurity solutions.
• Apply industry-recognized OT cybersecurity standards and frameworks, including IEC 62443, NIST, NERC CIP, and ISO 27001/27019.
• Produce high-quality technical deliverables, including High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), security architectures, assessment reports, and implementation documentation.
• Support client workshops, technical presentations, demonstrations, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Contribute to proposals, RFP responses, solution development initiatives, and the creation of new OT cybersecurity offerings.
• Stay informed on emerging OT technologies, cyber threats, regulatory requirements, and industry trends, incorporating these insights into client solutions.

Qualifications and Experience

• 4-8 years of proven experience supporting OT cybersecurity consulting, engineering, design, and implementation projects.
• Strong understanding of OT/ICS architectures, industrial networks, protocols, control systems, and operational engineering environments.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, or supporting OT cybersecurity technologies and solutions.
• Experience working with OT OEMs, system integrators, and industrial technology vendors.
• Strong knowledge of OT cybersecurity standards and frameworks, particularly IEC 62443 and NIST.
• Experience developing HLDs, LLDs, network and security architectures, technical designs, and implementation specifications.
• Experience supporting system integration, testing, commissioning, and operational handover activities is highly desirable.
• Experience within Energy, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Manufacturing, Mining, or other Critical Infrastructure sectors is preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong analytical and technical skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively across both advisory and hands-on engineering environments, translating cybersecurity requirements into practical, implementable solutions.

Work Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.