Cloud Security Strategy Lead

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Accenture Security

Join Accenture Security to pioneer security solutions that blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed services. Using the coolest next-gen tech, you’ll have every chance to stay one step ahead of cybercrime and out-hack the hackers.

Accenture Security provides comprehensive security services – from security strategy development to business transformation, to managed security services – on demand and at a global scale to help mitigate risks and take full advantage of advanced technologies and proven risk management models. Our experienced team of global security professionals helps businesses understand their risks and build resilience from the inside out, giving them the confidence to focus on what matters most: innovation and business growth.

Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain the organization’s cloud security strategy, roadmap, and target state architecture

• Design security reference architectures for AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments

• Establish cloud security standards, policies, and guardrails aligned with business risk appetite

• Lead threat modeling, risk assessments, and security design reviews for cloud initiatives

• Translate regulatory and compliance requirements (ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, PCI, etc.) into practical cloud controls

• Partner with cloud engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines

• Drive Zero Trust, identity-first security, and least-privilege access models in the cloud

• Define security requirements for cloud-native services, containers, Kubernetes, and serverless

• Evaluate and select cloud security tools (CSPM, CNAPP, CIEM, CWPP, SIEM integrations)

• Provide executive-level guidance on cloud risk, security posture, and investment priorities

• Act as the escalation point for complex cloud security design and risk decisions

• 7+ years in information security, with strong hands-on cloud security experience

• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP); multi-cloud strongly preferred

• Strong understanding of IAM, network security, encryption, key management, and logging in cloud environments

• Proven experience designing cloud security architectures—not just operating tools

• Solid grasp of DevSecOps, infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM), and CI/CD security

• Experience mapping security controls to frameworks like NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks

• Ability to communicate risk and tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Why join us?

• 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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