MSS Security Solution Architect

Role: MSS Security Solution Architect

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Why join Accenture’s security practice? 

Serving as a trusted security partner for more than 20 years to more than 330 clients across ~70 countries, Accenture’s security practice helps organizations build resilience from the inside out so they can operate and grow confidently in a rapidly evolving threat landscape. Our 7000+ security professionals bring exceptional industry expertise to tailor intelligent security services to our clients’ unique businesses and industries. We provide a full spectrum of services – from security strategy development, to business transformation to managed security services – on demand and at a global scale.  

Leveraging our global resources and next-generation technologies, we create an integrated, comprehensive program tailored to each organization’s specific business goals and industry. Recognizing that there is no finish line in securing enterprises, we are constantly collaborating at our global cyber labs and centers with our broad, interdisciplinary innovation ecosystem of the best minds in security. Our focus on continuous innovation gives us a front lines perspective that ensures we are adapting to match the pace of security challenges.

Accenture’s unique ability to combine deep Security expertise across Strategy, Technology and Operations means that it can offer clients an enterprise-wide security program to predict, protect, detect, and respond to threats in an industry specific context. 

Job Description

An Enterprise Security Solution Architect (SA) in Accenture’s Security practice is responsible for defining solutions architecture for Managed Security Services and other offerings of Accenture Security. The SA is expected to analyze and translate client requirements and objectives and own the end-to-end solution development process to produce winning proposals and value proposition, at the right cost to the client.

This is a highly visible role for Accenture Security and the Solution Architect is to handle design, implementation and run support for security solutions including coordinating with OEM’s (Product vendors) to provide the right solution for each client. A security professional at this career level within Accenture has the following responsibilities –

• Creates solutions in situations in which analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Responsible for identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility

• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on deal pursuits, with minimal oversight.

• Collaborates across the ecosystem to engage with the appropriate SMEs for solution inputs/ outputs as needed (OEM/product vendors, consulting/ transformation, delivery/ operations, pricing performance and proposal response etc.)

• Leverage Accenture investments, assets, and accelerators to build cost effective and differentiated solution for customers.

• Manages medium to large/ complex deal shaping activities at a client or within Accenture, including client workshops/ co-innovation, solution validation and due diligence/ contracting deliverables

• Provides end-to-end solution business and use cases acts as a visionary and strategist for strategic partner solution, service, and/or portfolio.

• Surveys market landscape for solutions and product insights, direction, vendors, and methods.

• Works with technical writers to ensure quality internal and external client-oriented documentation.

• Stakeholder management and interaction with senior leadership at a client and/or within Accenture, involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach

• Accountable for executing strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to the team

• Interface with Client stakeholders to showcase value for different solutions

• Willingness to travel for client meetings, orals, negotiation workshops (as needed)