System Security Practitioner

About the Role

Accenture Middle East is seeking a System Security Practitioner to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of enterprise security solutions across various environments, including infrastructure, applications, cloud, and data. The successful candidate will combine technical expertise with leadership capabilities to strengthen security postures, manage cyber risks, and integrate security into technology and business transformation initiatives. This position requires 5-10 years of experience.

Role Overview

The System Security Practitioner will act as a trusted security advisor, leading security workstreams and collaborating with diverse stakeholder groups to deliver secure and resilient solutions. This role is central to driving security transformation by embedding security requirements throughout the project and solution delivery lifecycle, ensuring robust security across enterprise platforms and ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of security architectures and controls across enterprise platforms, cloud environments, applications, and data ecosystems.
• Drive security transformation initiatives by integrating security requirements throughout the project and solution delivery lifecycle.
• Conduct security risk assessments, architecture reviews, and control evaluations aligned with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Support security solution planning, estimation activities, and security-related business development initiatives.
• Serve as a Security Subject Matter Expert, independently owning complex security deliverables and leading security workstreams.
• Perform and oversee security risk assessments, threat modeling exercises, and security control gap analyses.
• Lead security administration and data protection initiatives, including identity and access management concepts, privileged access management, encryption, and data security strategies.
• Guide application security practices, including secure software development lifecycle integration, vulnerability remediation, and DevSecOps adoption.
• Plan and oversee security testing activities, including vulnerability assessments, penetration testing coordination, and remediation management.
• Evaluate emerging security technologies and support their adoption to improve cyber resilience and operational effectiveness.
• Develop and improve security policies, standards, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Communicate technical security risks, findings, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, operations, risk, and compliance teams to drive security outcomes.
• Mentor junior security professionals and promote knowledge sharing across security teams.
• Support enterprise security transformation programs and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• 8 to 12 years of experience in cybersecurity, information security, IT risk management, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience leading security initiatives, managing security workstreams, or supervising security teams.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise security architecture, security transformation programs, or large-scale security implementation projects.
• Hands-on experience performing security risk assessments, security testing, threat modeling, and security control design.
• Experience supporting cloud, application, and data security initiatives within enterprise environments.

Work Location

This position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Application Process

Accenture Middle East is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage qualified candidates to apply for this full-time opportunity.