S&C GN - TS&T – Security - Manager

Cybersecurity Consultant-VM Join our team in Technology Strategy & Transformation for an exciting career opportunity to enable our most strategic clients to realize exceptional business value from technology.   Practice: Technology Strategy & Transformation, Global Network  |  Areas of Work: Vulnerability Management  |  Level: Manager (Level 7)  |  Location: Gurgaon / Bangalore / Mumbai / Gurgaon / Pune / Hyderabad / Chennai / Kolkata |  Years of Exp: 9 and plus Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture Are you passionate about helping organizations identify, prioritize, and remediate cyber risk across their hybrid and multi-cloud digital estate? Do you want to define strategies that transform traditional vulnerability management into proactive, risk-based exposure management aligned to business priorities and threat realities? If yes, then this is the right place for you! Welcome to a host of exciting global opportunities in Accenture’s Technology Strategy & Transformation practice. The Practice – A Brief Sketch: Technology Strategy & Transformation Practice is a part of Accenture Strategy and focuses on our clients’ most strategic priorities. We help clients achieve growth and efficiency through innovative technology transformation, redefining business models using agile, cloud-first, and security-by-design approaches. As part of this high-performing team, you will work closely with an ecosystem of partners to help clients move from reactive patching to proactive, risk-based exposure management across the enterprise attack surface. You will work on the following key areas: VM Program Design & Strategy: Assess vulnerability management maturity, define target operating models, governance structures, remediation workflows, SLA frameworks, and strategic roadmaps aligned to business objectives and regulatory requirements. Risk-Based Prioritization: Design prioritization frameworks that combine CVSS, EPSS, asset criticality, exploitability, and threat intelligence to focus remediation on what matters most. Exposure & Attack Surface Management: Build capabilities for Attack Surface Management (ASM / EASM) and Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) across on-premise, cloud, container, IoT/OT, and SaaS environments. Remediation, Patch & Governance: Drive integration of vulnerability management with patch management, ITSM, and DevSecOps; define SLAs, KPIs, and executive reporting that demonstrate measurable risk reduction. Bring your best skills forward to excel at the role: Shape vulnerability management and exposure management strategies and value propositions to drive impactful discussions with CISOs, Heads of Security Operations, and senior leadership. Demonstrate strong analytical and consulting skills to assess VM maturity and identify gaps across people, process, technology, and governance. Capitalize on in-depth understanding of vulnerability and exposure management frameworks, risk-based prioritization, and modern attack surface concepts. Lead proof of concept and / or pilot implementations of VM, ASM / EASM, and CTEM solutions and define the plan to scale across the enterprise. Maximize subject matter expertise on vulnerability and exposure management engagements and play a key role in RFP responses. Contribute to presenting vulnerability management strategy to clients and help develop the client's maturity in moving from compliance-driven scanning to risk-led exposure management. Demonstrate ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment. Use knowledge of key value drivers of a business, and how they impact the scope and approach of the engagement. Read about us. •       The rise of forerunners •       Recent Blogs What’s in it for you? ·       An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients ·       Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies. ·       Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional. ·       Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities ·       Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization. About Accenture: Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 569,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com About Accenture Strategy & Consulting: Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our focus on issues such as digital disruption, redefining competitiveness, operating and business models as well as the workforce of the future helps our clients find future value and growth in a digital world. Today, digital is changing the way organizations engage with their employees, business partners, customers and communities. This is our unique differentiator. To bring this global perspective to our clients, Accenture Strategy's services include those provided by our Capability Network – a distributed management consulting organization that provides management consulting and strategy expertise across the client lifecycle. Our Capability Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to clients all around the world. For more information visit https://www.accenture.com/us-en/Careers/capability-network   Accenture Capability Network  | Accenture in One Word   At the heart of every great change is a great human. If you have ideas, ingenuity and a passion for making a difference, come and be a part of our team. Your experience counts! Bachelors Degree required; An MBA from a Tier-1 institute is preferred. Your prior experience across some of the following is important – Experience designing, transforming, or operating enterprise vulnerability management programs across infrastructure, applications, cloud, containers, and endpoints. Hands-on familiarity with leading enterprise vulnerability management and exposure assessment platforms across infrastructure, cloud, endpoint, and application layers. Working knowledge of risk-based prioritization using CVSS, EPSS, asset context, threat intelligence, and exploit availability (e.g., CISA KEV). Experience with Attack Surface Management (ASM / EASM) and Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) concepts, and tools such as Microsoft Defender EASM, Palo Alto Cortex Xpanse, and Tenable ASM. Familiarity with cloud vulnerability and posture management (CSPM, CNAPP), container / Kubernetes scanning, and Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) including SAST, DAST, and SCA integration. Understanding of patch management strategy and integration with ITSM and DevSecOps pipelines. Proven track record of engaging senior stakeholders (CISO, CIO, Head of SecOps, Business Leaders) to align VM programs with enterprise risk appetite and digital transformation goals. Working knowledge of frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-40, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, RBI, DPDP, and GDPR. Practical industry expertise across Financial Services, Telecom, Retail, Life Sciences, Energy, and Industrial / Manufacturing. Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSP, GIAC (GEVA / GCIH), and vendor certifications (Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7) are preferred. 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