Security Hacking Associate Manager

Posted:
1/14/2026, 12:26:50 AM

Location(s):
Lisbon, Portugal ⋅ Matosinhos, Portugal

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
IT & Security ⋅ Software Engineering

We are looking for a Security Hacking Associate Manager responsible for overseeing multiple projects and project teams within the offensive security area, providing technical and pre-sales support, ensuring economic control of project operations, resolving incidents, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The role also includes team leadership, client interaction, and contribution to advanced Red/Purple Team activities. 

 

Responsibilities 

  •  Execution and coordination of pentesting activities across web, API, systems, networks, and mobile applications. 

  • Manage the planification and execution of Red Team/Purple Team exercises. 

  • Resolution of problems and incidents. 

  • Manage project deliverables and reports to clients (Planning, monitoring, review, validation, and presentation). 

  • Supervision of multiple projects and project teams. 

  • Provide technical support to delivery teams and pre-sales activities. 

  • Control the economic aspects of the project. 

  • Proposal of improvement initiatives within the area (training, new audit/business lines, etc.). 

  • Lead interviews and review internal working procedures. 

Qualifications 

  •  Bachelor’s or master's degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field. 

  • Proven experience managing hacking teams, including planning, execution tracking, report review, validation, and client presentation. 

  • Solid experience in pentesting of web environments, APIs, systems, networks, and mobile applications. 

  • Experience executing Red Team and Purple Team exercises. 

  • Advanced knowledge of networks. 

  • Advanced knowledge of Web Hacking and OWASP. 

  • Advanced knowledge of Mobile Application Hacking and OWASP Mobile.

  • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

  • Advanced knowledge of Infrastructure Hacking: WiFi, internal network attacks (Active Directory). 

  • Advanced scripting skills in multiple languages and the ability to modify scripts in less common languages. 

  • English level B2, spoken and written. 

  • Experience handling confidential information. 

  • Proficiency in office productivity tools. 

  • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

  • Demonstrated strong teamwork, collaboration and communication skills in professional environments with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and processes. 

Preferred Qualifications

  •  Certifications such as:
    - OSCP, OSWP, OSEP, eMAPT, WAPTX, OSWE, CRTO, CRTP 

  • Management certifications as: 
    - CISSP, CISM 

  • Knowledge of frameworks and regulations such as TIBER-ES, DORA, ENS. 

  • Experience in defining and planning TIBER-ES and TLPT exercises. 

Additional Information 

 Flexibility for occasionally travels within Europe for key project deliveries and client meetings. 

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 

Declaração de Igualdade de Oportunidades de Emprego

Acreditamos que ninguém deve ser discriminado por suas diferenças. Todas as decisões de contratação devem ser tomadas sem distinção de idade, raça, credo, cor, religião, sexo, nacionalidade, ascendência, deficiência, condição de veterano militar, orientação sexual, identidade ou expressão de gênero, informação genética, estado civil, cidadania ou qualquer outra condição protegida pela legislação aplicável. Nossa rica diversidade nos torna mais inovadores, competitivos e criativos, o que nos ajuda a atender melhor nossos clientes e nossas comunidades.

Accenture

Website: https://accenture.com/

Headquarter Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1989

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

Industries: Business Information Systems ⋅ Construction ⋅ Consulting ⋅ Information Services ⋅ Information Technology ⋅ Infrastructure ⋅ Management Consulting ⋅ Outsourcing