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About the Role

Accenture Saudi Arabia is seeking a Cloud Security Transformation Associate Manager to join its team in Riyadh. This full-time role focuses on pioneering security solutions that integrate risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security, and managed services. The successful candidate will leverage next-generation technology to address cybercrime challenges.

Accenture Security Overview

Accenture Security provides comprehensive security services globally, ranging from security strategy development to business transformation and managed security services. The practice operates on demand and at a global scale to mitigate risks and capitalize on advanced technologies and proven risk management models. The team of global security professionals assists businesses in understanding their risks and building resilience, enabling them to focus on innovation and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the organization’s cloud security strategy, roadmap, and target state architecture.
• Design security reference architectures for AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments.
• Establish cloud security standards, policies, and guardrails aligned with business risk appetite.
• Lead threat modeling, risk assessments, and security design reviews for cloud initiatives.
• Translate regulatory and compliance requirements (*, ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, PCI) into practical cloud controls.
• Partner with cloud engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive Zero Trust, identity-first security, and least-privilege access models in the cloud.
• Define security requirements for cloud-native services, containers, Kubernetes, and serverless.
• Evaluate and select cloud security tools, including CSPM, CNAPP, CIEM, CWPP, and SIEM integrations.
• Provide executive-level guidance on cloud risk, security posture, and investment priorities.
• Act as the escalation point for complex cloud security design and risk decisions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in information security, with strong hands-on cloud security experience.
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP); multi-cloud experience is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience designing cloud security architectures, not solely operating tools.
• Experience mapping security controls to frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and CIS Benchmarks.

Required Skills and Expertise

• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM), network security, encryption, key management, and logging in cloud environments.
• Solid grasp of DevSecOps principles, infrastructure as code (*, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM), and CI/CD security.
• Ability to communicate risk and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Work Type and Location

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