Security Architect Manager at Accenture

About the position

Security Architect

Location: Cape Town & Johannesburg

Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? Accenture has partnered with a leading Pan-African telecommunications company and has launched a groundbreaking Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to building future-focused digital products designed to empower and revolutionize the continent. This is your opportunity to join an innovative team and grow your career at the forefront of technological advancement, as we accelerate towards a brighter, more connected future for Africa.

Key Responsibilities:

We are looking for a talented Security Architect who will play a crucial role in providing technical security advice and guidance, with a primary focus on our clients operations in South Africa and Africa. Your expertise will be essential in safeguarding their systems and guiding them towards security best practices. You will have the chance to work across a broad range of projects that enable the business to scale, bring new products to market and delight customers.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• 7 - 10 years of relevant experience

• Providing security advice, requirements, and guidance to the business during the delivery of new systems or updates to existing ones, ensuring that security is integrated into the development process from the outset.

• Performing security-focused risk assessments on new systems, services, and changes to existing systems to ensure they align with the risk tolerance levels.

• Collaborating with the business to review system designs and ensure they adhere to existing security principles, patterns, standards, and best practices.

• Working closely with the business to define, document, and implement core security patterns, standards, and guidelines.

• Reviewing current security processes within your area of responsibility, identifying opportunities for optimization and improved coverage.

• Serving as the initial security point of contact for your region, routing inquiries to the appropriate teams as needed.

• Collaborating with the wider security architecture team to ensure a standardized approach to security is established and followed.

• Working alongside IT teams to ensure that the correct security controls and measures are in place before implementation.

• Ability to review solution designs, recognize security concerns, and work with vendors to understand mitigations and make recommendations.

• Pragmatic approach to assessing security risks versus business benefits.

• Ability to support the business in the delivery of security requirements.

• Understanding of Threat Modelling frameworks and implementation (e.g., STRIDE).

• Excellent communication skills to represent both the business to security and security to the business, emphasizing the importance of security in designs.

• Ability to deconstruct complex environments and navigate conflicting project requirements.

• Prior experience working in Information Security and as a Security Architect is essential.

• Experience in creating security artefacts is preferred.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, IT engineering, or a related field.

• MSc in Information Security or equivalent is advantageous.

• Information Security and/or Information Technology certifications such as CISSP are preferred.

• Azure Security Certifications are also desirable.

Qualifications

Why join us?

• We are a top employer in South Africa with certified excellence in employee conditions

• We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues

• You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools

• Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards

• You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends

• You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in which we work and live
Next Steps
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