GRC and Cloud Security Advisor  

Join our team of GRC and Cloud Security professionals to re-imagine technology delivery, business models and revenue streams

Practice: Technology Strategy & Advisory, Capability Network I Areas of Work: GRC and Cloud Security | Level: Manager | Location: Bangalore/Mumbai/Gurgaon/Pune/Hyderabad | Years of Exp: 8 to 15 years

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture

Are you passionate about Tech-driven transformation and problem solving? Do you want to design, build and implement strategies to enhance business architecture performance? Are you passionate about being part of an inclusive, diverse and collaborative culture?

Then, this is the right place for you! Welcome to a host of exciting global opportunities in Accenture Technology Strategy & Advisory.

The Practice- A Brief Sketch:

The Technology Strategy & Advisory team helps clients achieve growth and efficiency through innovative R&D transformation, aimed at redefining business models using agile methodologies.

As part of this high performing Technology Strategy and Advisory team, you will work closely with an ecosystem of partners to help accelerate resilience in the public cloud for fast, frictionless, scalable, proactive and cost effective cloud security. You will work on the following key areas:

• Business Problem Analysis: Identify and assess current state security capabilities and risk mitigation posture for our clients
• Technology-driven journey intersection: Define target state security capabilities and design security roadmap that includes cutting edge trends within Applications, APIs, and data
• Security Transformation: Apply best in class solutions to mitigate known risks and pre-empt unknown threats to safeguard data, networks, people and assets.
• High Performance Growth and Innovation: Assisting our clients to build the required capabilities for growth and innovation to sustain high performance.

Bring your best skills forward to excel at the role:

• Develop technology solutions and value adding propositions to drive C-suite/senior leadership level discussions
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills with expertise in ESA, GRC, and cloud security to assess current and emerging risks; define policies, processes, and architectures to close gaps.
• Capitalize on deep knowledge of security architecture guiding principles, governance models, and identity & access management concepts to strengthen enterprise resilience.
• Lead proof of concept and/or pilot implementations in ESA, GRC, and cloud domains, and define scale-up strategies across multiple technology areas.
• Maximize subject matter expertise on security-led projects and play a key role in pitches where data-based RFP responses are discussed
• Contribute to presenting cybersecurity strategy, architecture roadmaps, and governance maturity models to clients, enabling advancement in enterprise security.
• Demonstrate ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Use knowledge of key value drivers of a business, how they impact the scope and approach of the engagement.

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What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients
• Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

About Accenture:

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 569,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com

About Accenture Strategy & Consulting:

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our focus on issues such as digital disruption, redefining competitiveness, operating and business models as well as the workforce of the future helps our clients find future value and growth in a digital world. Today, digital is changing the way organizations engage with their employees, business partners, customers and communities. This is our unique differentiator. To bring this global perspective to our clients, Accenture Strategy's services include those provided by our Capability Network – a distributed management consulting organization that provides management consulting and strategy expertise across the client lifecycle. Our Capability Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to clients all around the world. For more information visit https://www.accenture.com/us-en/Careers/capability-network

Accenture Capability Network  | Accenture in One Word

At the heart of every great change is a great human. If you have ideas, ingenuity and a passion for making a difference, come and be a part of our team.

Your experience counts!

• An MBA from a Tier-1 institute is preferred
• Your prior experience across some of following is important –
  • Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA): Developing security guiding principles, reference models, and logical architecture across Application, Data, and Infrastructure layers.
  • Cloud Security: Strong knowledge of cloud security architecture, native controls, and best practices across AWS, Azure, and GCP (e.g., network segmentation, identity, encryption, monitoring, compliance with cloud security benchmarks).
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC): Working knowledge of leading security frameworks and standards, including ISO 27001/27002, PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA, and NIST.
  • Industry Expertise: Practical exposure across sectors such as Financial Services, Retail, Consumer Goods, Telecom, Life Sciences, Transportation, Hospitality, Automotive/Industrial, Mining, and Resources.
• Certifications: Preferred certifications include CISSP/CISA/CISM are preferred; vendor-specific credentials in IAM/Cloud security are an advantage.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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