Network Security Engineer
Accenture Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
Business Consulting and Services · 10,001+ employees
About the role
The engineer will manage and support daily network security operations, including firewalls, proxies, and threat management solutions. They are also responsible for firewall policy management, troubleshooting security issues, and supporting audit activities.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Cybersecurity, along with hands-on experience in network security tools. Strong analytical skills and proficiency in traffic analysis and security device configuration are essential.
Full description
Accenture is hiring a passionate and skilled Network Security Engineering to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operation and support of network security services, ensuring the secure and reliable functioning of our network infrastructure and threat management solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Operate and support Network Security tools (such as: Firewalls, Mail gateway, Proxy, NAC solutions and other Network Security tools).
- Firewall Policy Creation and Change Management: Leveraging AlgoSec for firewall policy reviews and validations.
- Administer and Troubleshoot network security devices and platforms, ensuring secure configurations, availability, and performance are achieved across both on-premises environment.
- Support troubleshooting of network and security issues, including traffic analysis and packet capture, to ensure quick and effective resolutions.
- Support audit and reporting activities to provide transparency into network security operations.
- Escalate complex issues or potential threats as necessary, ensuring that they are addressed efficiently and effectively.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong understanding of network security protocols and concepts, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention, malware analysis, and threat detection.
- Hands-on experience with Firewalls, WAF, API Security, DDoS, IPS, Mail gateway, Proxy, NAC solutions.
- Knowledge of on-premise, including secure configurations and operational management.
- Practical experience in network troubleshooting, including traffic analysis and packet capture techniques.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with a proactive and continuous improvement mindset.
- Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to support audits and generate actionable reports.
Preferred Certifications:
- Industry certifications like CCNA Security or CCNP Security or PNSCE or NSE4 or NSE7 are highly desirable.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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