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About the Role

Accenture Middle East is seeking a Security Managed Services Specialist to join their team in Riyadh, Riyadh. This full-time role focuses on managing and enhancing security platforms, particularly in vulnerability management, network detection and response, and threat intelligence. The specialist will be responsible for architecting, deploying, and maintaining critical security infrastructure to ensure robust protection across IT and OT/ICS segments.

Key Responsibilities in Vulnerability Management

• 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 maximize coverage.
• Integrate Tenable with CMDB, ticketing tools, and SIEM platforms.
• Maintain scanner health, plugin updates, license compliance, and capacity planning; own 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 and Response (NDR) Administration

• Administer the Darktrace NDR 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.

Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) Operations

• Manage day-to-day operations of the 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 ensure high-value intelligence is surfaced.
• Build and optimize automated workflows.
• Maintain integrations of TIP with SIEM, security controls, or other platforms.

Qualifications and Requirements

• 5–8 years of hands-on experience in information security, with at least 4 years focused on vulnerability management.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in administering Tenable SC is required.
• Solid understanding of common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25, CVE ecosystem) and patch management workflows.
• Hands-on experience in administering NDR Darktrace is recommended.
• Hands-on experience in administering a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) is recommended.

Work Type

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