We're Hiring: Enterprise Security Architect at Accenture
Are you ready to shape the future of security architecture and protect some of the world's most complex organisations?
At
Accenture
, we're looking for an
Enterprise Security Architect
to join our growing team and help us deliver on our shared purpose: combining technology and human ingenuity to drive real impact.
Are you ready to design and implement cutting-edge security solutions for complex systems and networks?
As a Security Architect at Accenture, you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding businesses while addressing regulatory compliance and industry best practices.
The Enterprise Security Architect is responsible for designing, developing, and governing end-to-end security architecture across the enterprise.
This includes defining security standards, reference architectures, and ensuring that security requirements are embedded into technology, cloud, data, and business solutions.
The architect acts as a strategic advisor across IT and business teams, ensuring the organization maintains a strong and adaptive security posture aligned with business goals.
Design, develop, review, and implement
enterprise security architectures
for new or existing systems, applications, cloud environments, and platforms.
Define and maintain
security policies, standards, security patterns, and reference architectures
across IT & OT environments.
Conduct
security architectural assessments
, identify gaps, and propose solutions that align with enterprise governance and strategy.
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and manage architectural exceptions as part of change governance.
Security Governance & Integration
Collaborate with engineering, cloud, data, and application teams to ensure secure design and configuration across solutions.
Integrate security architecture into initiative planning, innovation programs, and emerging technologies oversight.
Lead or participate in
Architecture Review Boards
, ensuring compliance with security design guidelines.
Perform
security reviews
, risk assessments, and vulnerability impact analyses across systems and solutions.
Establish and track
security architecture metrics
, ensuring continuous improvement and maturity.
Define target-state security architectures and roadmap security capabilities across domains.
Create and maintain cloud security architecture, including responsibilities mapping across IaaS/PaaS/SaaS.
Analyse and guide integration of emerging tech (AI, IoT, quantum) while managing associated risks.
Act as a strategic advisor and security thought leader to business, engineering, and executive stakeholders.
Build strong partnerships with cross-functional teams and serve as the primary liaison between enterprise and solution architecture teams.
Contribute to capability building, mentoring, and internal community development.
Qualifications & Skills
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, IT, or related field.
8-10 years of experience in information security, including
at least 5 years as a Security Architect.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders and guide secure design decisions across complex environments.
Familiarity with industry standards/frameworks (e.g., ISO *****, NIST ****** or CSF, CIS Controls, GDPR).
Security qualifications including at least one of the following: CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CCSK
Security architecture qualifications preferrable: SABSA or TOGAF
Strong knowledge of:
Security Architecture & Design
Cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Identity & Access Management, Network Security, Application Security
SIEM/SOAR, endpoint security, and secure SDLC
Soft Skills
Executive communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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