Cyber Defence Lead

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We are seeking an exceptional leader with exemplary client relationship skills, deep security operations expertise and demonstrated ability/ drive to expand our Cyber Defense capability in Australia. As part of the Australian security leadership team, you will drive innovation, growth and service excellence for your capability area. Your team of security professionals is responsible for Managed Detection & Response, Security Engineering, Security Operations Advisory and Threat Hunting, ensuring the integrity and security of our clients’ digital assets. _________________________________________________________________________

About Accenture Security | Become part of our thriving Cybersecurity practice in Australia that provides innovative, market leading Cybersecurity solutions and services to top tier clients across Australia.

Cybersecurity is about more than preventing attacks and meeting regulatory compliance. To reinvent with confidence, it must be integral to an organization’s business and technology strategies.

Our ambition is to be a cybersecurity industry of one and the chosen partner for clients’ evolving cyber resilient business by empowering the c-suite, protecting 360° business value and fostering trust and confidence. We bring people and capabilities at global scale to reinvent cybersecurity and build resilience in an era of disruption. We are organized across 6 main practices that seamlessly deliver security services to clients end-to-end:

Cyber Strategy: Design and operationalize cyber risk strategies to protect & accelerate transformations & enable customer trust.

Cyber Protection: Protecting the business as it transforms, applying zero trust principles to secure the entire digital core.

Cyber Resilience: Pressure test defences, understand emerging threats and prepare and respond quickly to attacks.

Cyber Physical Security: Protect operational reliability and integrity by securing industrial control systems ad connected products at all stages of their lifecycle.

Cyber Next: Ensure technologies of the global economy’s next generation are secure, resilient and sustainable now and as they evolve.

Cyber Industry: Build resilience and mitigate risk across each industry’s value chain.

We possess a large, highly skilled, certified, diverse security workforce delivering end to end security capabilities across the globe (27,000 security aligned professionals with 180,000 security certifications, offering some 2000+ security specific learning courses

We work with government, regulators and a large ecosystem of sector specialists who provide continuous cyber defense support, trend analysis, threat hunting, advanced threat analytics and more. Some of our top ecosystem partners include AWS, Google, Microsoft, SAP, Cyberark, VMware and Crowdstrike.

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Why join us | Accenture provides attractive career paths, professional development, competitive remuneration and other benefits. This role specifically provides:

• Opportunity to shape your own capability/ practice, leading a team of security professionals as you support the growth of the Cyber Defense portfolio.
• Access to diverse industries and advanced security architectures, working as part of a global team, employing latest threat actor tools and techniques.
• A peer network of security experts that provide support and allow you to further strengthen your security skills and contributing to cybersecurity innovation.
• The might of Accenture’s professional development engine including formal training and certifications, mentoring, as well as diverse client engagements, together providing learning to further grow professionally and as a leader in your field.
• A competitive remuneration and benefits package, and flexible work options

Key Responsibilities | Working as part of a wider Accenture (“One Accenture”) team and leading the Cyber Defense capability/ practice, your responsibilities span:

1. Client Relationship Management: Your team is the primary contact for client organizations for security-related matters and escalations. You will need to understand clients' security requirements, objectives, and risk profiles to tailor Security operations services accordingly. Conduct regular meetings with clients to review security posture, incidents, and service performance.

2. Service Delivery: Lead the delivery of security operations services to clients, including monitoring, incident detection, response, reporting and threat intelligence. Ensure that Security operations services meet SLAs and client expectations. Oversee and guide the team during critical incidents, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on clients. Continuously improve security operations processes, tools, and workflows to enhance operational efficiency and threat detection capabilities.

3. Capability/ Practice Management: Lead, grow and inspire your team to provide impeccable service to clients and excel in their own professional growth. This comprises supervision of operational activities and building a strong cohesive team that provides a positive work culture that others want to join. Extend profile of Cyber Defense externally. This includes partnering with the marketing team to develop and deliver presentations, case studies, and other collateral that showcase security operations capabilities; or attending industry events and conferences to represent the organization, network with potential clients, and stay updated on market trends.

4. Subject Matter Expert (Sales): Sale responsibilities vary and you may lead sales and renewal efforts directly, act as a subject matter expert in client conversations, or collaborate with sales and account teams to identify client needs and propose Cyber Defense services as solutions (SME providing inputs). Act as a technical and operational subject matter expert (SME) during client meetings and proposal development.

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Key Selection Criteria | We are looking for the following qualifications, skills and experience in our candidates:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with at least 2 years in a leadership or senior role in Security operations or threat detection.
• Previous experience in an information/cybersecurity role – ideally focused on intrusion detection/ security monitoring and analysis.
• Background in consulting or service delivery across multiple industries desirable.

Client Relationship & Leadership

• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills with strong track record of collaboration across the Security ecosystem.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business value.
• Demonstrated experience of leading a team (security professionals/ analysts, threat hunters, and incident responders).
• Passion for cyber security, learning, and knowledge sharing.
• Ability to lead under pressure in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Subject Matter & Service Delivery Expertise

• Strong familiarity / understanding of
  • cyber security threat landscape, including detailed technical knowledge about the most prevalent vulnerabilities, threats, attack methods, and infection vectors.
  • Cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001) and regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, PCI DSS).
  • security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, SOAR, EDR, threat intelligence platforms).
• Mastery or high level of proficiency in:
  • technical and troubleshooting skills, ability to dynamically adapt to solve complex technical issues with customers and partners.
  • retrieving information and generating reports using SQL.
  • using python to automate basic analysis tasks.
  • any of the following SIEM products: Google Chronicle, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk
  • one or more of the following EDR products: Crowdstrike, Microsoft Defender, Carbon Black, Endgame.

Benefits of working at Accenture:

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  18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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