Security Delivery Consultant📣 إعلان

About the Role

Accenture Middle East is seeking a Security Delivery Consultant to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position requires 5-10 years of professional experience in security delivery and operations, focusing on pioneering security solutions for clients.

Accenture Security Overview

Accenture helps leading enterprises reinvent their operations by building digital cores and leveraging AI. Within this context, Accenture Security provides comprehensive security services, from strategy development to business transformation and managed security services. The team focuses on mitigating risks, building resilience, and enabling clients to innovate and grow by staying ahead of cyber threats.

Key Responsibilities

The Security Delivery Consultant will be responsible for the architecture, deployment, and ongoing management of critical security platforms and processes. This includes overseeing vulnerability management, network detection and response, and threat intelligence operations.

Vulnerability Management and Tenable Operations

• Architect, deploy, and maintain the ******* environment, including Nessus scanners, agents, and connectors across IT and OT/ICS segments.
• Manage scan policies, schedules, credentials, and scanner zones to ensure maximum coverage.
• Integrate Tenable with CMDB, ticketing platforms (ServiceNow / Jira), and SIEM platforms.
• Maintain scanner health, plugin updates, license compliance, and capacity planning, owning upgrade and patch cycles.
• Define and enforce the end-to-end vulnerability management process: discovery, identification, risk scoring, SLA assignment, remediation, verification, and exception handling.
• Apply risk-based prioritization using CVSS, EPSS, VPR (Tenable Vulnerability Priority Rating), asset criticality, and threat intelligence feeds.
• Drive remediation efforts by collaborating with system owners, publishing clear remediation guidance, and tracking SLA adherence in dashboards.
• Develop, maintain, and review vulnerability management policy, standards, and procedures documentation.

Network Detection, Response, and Threat Intelligence Platform Management

• Administer the NDR (Network Detection and Response) Darktrace platform, including developing and managing NDR policies.
• Integrate NDR with SIEM and other security tools.
• Fine-tune NDR detection models, adjust sensitivity, and reduce false positives.
• Monitor NDR appliance health, sensor connectivity, and ensure continuous network visibility.
• Apply NDR updates, manage configuration changes, and ensure alignment with security policies.
• Manage day-to-day operations of the ThreatQ Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP), including data ingestion, enrichment, and workflow configuration.
• Configure and maintain integrations with threat intelligence feeds.
• Apply scoring models, enrichment rules, and prioritization logic to surface high-value intelligence.
• Build and optimize automated workflows.
• Maintain integrations of TIP with SIEM, security controls, or other platforms.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates for this role should possess 5-10 years of experience in security operations, vulnerability management, and security platform administration. A strong understanding of the technologies and processes outlined in the responsibilities is essential for success in this position.