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About the Role

Accenture Middle East is seeking a Security Delivery Consultant to join its team. Accenture is a global professional services company focused on digital transformation, operations optimization, and revenue growth acceleration for businesses, governments, and organizations. With a presence in over 120 countries, Accenture leverages technology, cloud, data, and AI, combined with industry expertise, to deliver value at scale. Accenture Security specializes in innovative security solutions encompassing risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security, and managed services, utilizing advanced technology to address cyber threats.

In this role, the Security Delivery Consultant will be instrumental in architecting, deploying, and maintaining critical security platforms. A key focus will be on ensuring robust vulnerability management and threat intelligence processes, contributing significantly to the security posture of clients within the Saudi Arabian market. The position is based in Riyadh, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, and is a full-time role.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain ******* environments, including Nessus scanners, agents, and connectors, across both IT and OT/ICS segments.
• Manage scan policies, schedules, credentials, and scanner zones to ensure comprehensive coverage.
• Integrate Tenable with CMDB, ticketing systems (ServiceNow / Jira), and SIEM platforms.
• Ensure scanner health, manage plugin updates, license compliance, and perform capacity planning, including owning upgrade and patch cycles.
• Define and enforce the end-to-end vulnerability management process, encompassing 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 through collaboration with system owners, providing clear guidance, and tracking SLA adherence via dashboards.
• Develop, maintain, and review vulnerability management policy, standards, and procedures documentation.
• Administer the NDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) Darktrace platform.
• Develop and manage 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 visibility across the network.
• Apply NDR updates, manage configuration changes, and ensure alignment with security policies.
• Manage the 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 within the TIP.
• Maintain integrations of the TIP with SIEM, security controls, or other platforms.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of hands-on experience in information security.
• At least 3 years of experience specifically focused on vulnerability management.
• A minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience administering ******* is mandatory.
• Solid understanding of common vulnerability classes, including OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25, and the CVE ecosystem.
• Familiarity with patch management workflows.
• Hands-on experience in administering the NDR Darktrace platform is recommended.
• Hands-on experience in administering the ThreatQ Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) is recommended.

Required Skills

• *******
• Nessus scanners
• CMDB
• ServiceNow
• Jira
• SIEM
• CVSS
• EPSS
• VPR
• Threat Intelligence
• NDR (Endpoint Detection and Response)
• Darktrace
• ThreatQ Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP)
• Vulnerability Management
• OWASP Top 10
• CWE Top 25
• CVE ecosystem
• Patch Management
• Communication

Work Location and Type

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