Security Delivery Consultant

Overview

Accenture Middle East is seeking a Security Delivery Consultant to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The firm is a global leader helping enterprises transform digitally and leverage AI capabilities safely and effectively. Within Accenture Security, this role focuses on delivering comprehensive security solutions including vulnerability management, digital identity, cyber defense, application security, and managed services to stay ahead of security threats.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Tenable.sc environments encompassing Nessus scanners, agents, and connectors across IT and OT/ICS systems.
• Manage scanning policies, scheduling, credentials, and segmentation of scanner zones to maximize network vulnerability coverage.
• Integrate Tenable solutions with Configuration Management Databases (CMDB), ticketing systems such as ServiceNow or Jira, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms.
• Ensure scanner operational health by maintaining plugin updates, license adherence, capacity planning, and managing upgrades and patches.
• Establish and enforce comprehensive vulnerability management processes—covering discovery, identification, risk scoring, SLA tracking, remediation, verification, and exception handling.
• Prioritize risks using CVSS, EPSS, Tenable Vulnerability Priority Rating, asset importance, and threat intelligence inputs.
• Lead remediation activities by collaborating with system owners, issuing clear guidance, and monitoring SLA compliance with dashboards.
• Create, update, and evaluate policy documents, standards, and procedures relevant to vulnerability management.
• Administer Network Detection and Response (NDR) via the Darktrace platform, including policy development and tuning detection models to reduce false positives.
• Integrate NDR with SIEM and other security tools, monitor appliance health and sensor connectivity for continuous network visibility.
• Manage ThreatQ Threat Intelligence Platform operations such as data ingestion, enrichment, workflow automation, threat intelligence feed integration, and application of scoring and prioritization schemas.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 5 to 8 years of overall information security experience, with at least 3 years dedicated to vulnerability management.
• At least 2 years of practical experience administering Tenable.sc is essential.
• In-depth knowledge of prevalent vulnerability categories including OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25, common CVEs, and patch management procedures.
• Preferred hands-on experience with Darktrace NDR platform administration and ThreatQ TIP management.

Additional Information

Work location: Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia