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We seek a well-rounded researcher with a background in areas related to Cyber Security to develop and incubate solutions that improve our clients' cyber defense strategies and capabilities, such as threat-centric management, advanced detection techniques, machine speed response and effective risk management techniques. Researchers in our lab are called upon to: · Track a broad range of emerging technologies that are poised improve an organization's security posture · Dive deeply into application areas that are relevant to Accenture and clients, to understand where the most critical challenges, and most promising opportunities lie. · Envision, prototype, and pilot new solutions to these challenges by applying deep skills in Cyber Security and related paradigms. With this in mind, researchers at the Associate Principal level must be able to: · Explore and define new research projects within the research group's overall agenda. · Build on ideas provided by leads and stakeholders and produce high quality deliverables. · Execute projects through some combination of prototype development, empirical research, thought leadership. Our researchers participate in collaborative research between academia and industry and integrate resulting approaches into our projects. As such, researchers are expected to: · Actively participate in their technology community by building relationships and serving as a technology expert when working with clients or client teams. · Actively participate and serve in the research community (e.g., conferences, consortiums, workshops) and build university relationships. · Explore and apply for research grants from internal (Accenture partners and clients) and external funding organizations

Key Responsibilities :

Influence and Execute R&D Agenda

· Pursue research projects agreed upon with R&D leads, participating in both their conception and technical development. · Supervise and mentor more junior researchers and research engineers to successfully complete their responsibilities and assist with career progression · Build prototypes – bringing concepts to initial implementations – including design, coding to testing · Apply and reshape prototypes in pioneering engagements based on clients' needs and drive toward successful deployment in the clients' IT environment · Continuously learn new technology areas that are mission-aligned to the R&D group

Act as Subject Matter Expert in area of expertise

· Participate in projects as a representative within a functional, technical or industry area of expertise · Discuss issues or trends within area of expertise to raise client and/or Accenture awareness · Act as a contributor in medium critical situations, either internally for Accenture or at client engagement(s) pertaining to a functional, technical or business area of expertise

Contribute to assets/offerings and thought leadership

· Actively contribute to both internal and external thought leadership, both more and less formal, targeted for various audiences. · Publish and present research papers in top tier conferences, workshops and journals · Serve as reviewer, technical program community, and/or panelist in conferences and workshops

Enhance Accenture's marketplace reputation

· Work confidently with internal networks and other thought leaders on key relevant issues. · Demonstrate expertise internally (e.g. presentations to internal audiences, participates in community of practice, etc.) · Build deep relationships with teams in partner organizations · Build deep relationships with researchers from academia and other research labs

· Actively contribute to the technology community and establish external reputation as expert.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

· Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related technology area · Minimum of 2 years of experience conducting research in areas relevant to Cyber Security

Preferred Skills

· 2 years of experience creating prototypes that apply and test new ideas related to Cyber Security · Experience conducting research/advanced R&D in area relevant to Cyber Security & Artificial Intelligence · 2+ years of experience using 2 or more programming languages, such as C#, Python, Java, Scala, .NET, etc · Experience working with data intensive software projects · Experience working with data storage technologies (RDBMS such as MySQL, SQL Server, MongDB or Cassandra)

Professional Skill Requirements

· Ability to travel based on client needs (up to 25%) · Proven ability to create a project plan and execute against it · Proven ability to motivate, lead a high performance team · Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment · Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment · Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills · Excellent leadership and management skills Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. Accenture is a federal contractor and an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Equal Employment Opportunity All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

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Key Requirements:

Senior Security profile with deep understanding of Security and Risk Management concepts, Infrastructure security, Network Architecture, system / application security and data security, supported by industry recognized certification in Security such as CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, CISA, CISM, etc.
Strong knowledge in Google Cloud security architecture, security engineering, or equivalent experience with specific cloud certification.
Experience with Sales and Solutioning of Cloud opportunities would be advantageous.
Knowledge in Dev-ops practice and tooling, Containers, secure development lifecycle or managing or running operations on GCP
Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Excellent Business English (written and oral) and ability to communicate with non-technical stakeholders

What’s in it for you:

Bring Cloud Security innovation, intelligence, and industry experience together with the newest technologies to help clients innovate at scale and transform large businesses
Turn innovative ideas into business differentiation by creating customized Cloud Security solutions
Sell and solution large opportunities for clients using the latest technology to achieve speed and scale.
Collaborate with the brightest minds in security and use the coolest tech to innovate and pioneer security solutions to help clients build resilience and positive social impact.
Interact with confidence with highly positioned stakeholders internal and external, with clients and the ecosystem of technology solutions. Individuality, authenticity, and inclusivity are core aspects of our culture. At Accenture, we value the passion and strengths of our employees and help them in their careers to achieve high performance.

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Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.