
Accenture
System & Data Security Associate Manager
- Permanent
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 12/04/2026
Job overview
Date posted
26/02/2026
Location
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Job description
The System & Data Security Associate Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing the day-to-day operation of system, data, and application security services as part of the operating model, ensuring stable service delivery and effective utilization of File Integrity Monitoring using NNT Change Tracker, Database Protection with Imperva, Data Loss Prevention through Microsoft DLP, Data Classification and Information Protection using Microsoft Purview, Endpoint Detection and Response and Anti-Virus capabilities, and application and API security controls using FortiWeb. The role provides technical and operational leadership to the team, ensuring security controls are correctly implemented, maintained, and optimized across on-premises environments and cloud environments. The position drives continuous improvement by identifying security gaps, under-utilized features, and optimization opportunities across system, data, and application layers. It ensures security platforms are patched, upgraded, and operated in line with vendor recommendations and organizational security standards. The role leads and coordinates response to security incidents related to data leakage, endpoint threats, and application or API attacks, ensuring proper investigation, root cause analysis, and remediation. It supports service reporting, audits, and compliance activities, acts as an escalation point, and works closely with engineers, consultants, and other operational stakeholders. The position requires 7-9 years of experience in information security with strong hands-on and operational exposure to system, data, endpoint, and application security domains, proven experience leading security operations teams, and supporting complex security environments across on-premises and cloud platforms. A strong understanding of data protection, application and API security principles, and operational security processes is required, and relevant security certifications are considered an advantage.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the day-to-day operation of system, data, and application security services as part of the operating model to ensure stable service delivery.
- Ensure effective utilization of File Integrity Monitoring using NNT Change Tracker, Database Protection with Imperva, Data Loss Prevention through Microsoft DLP, Data Classification and Information Protection using Microsoft Purview, Endpoint Detection and Response, Anti-Virus capabilities, and application and API security controls using FortiWeb.
- Provide technical and operational leadership to the team to ensure security controls are correctly implemented, maintained, and optimized across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying security gaps, under-utilized features, and optimization opportunities across system, data, and application layers.
- Ensure security platforms are patched, upgraded, and operated in line with vendor recommendations and organizational security standards.
- Lead and coordinate response to security incidents related to data leakage, endpoint threats, and application or API attacks, ensuring proper investigation, root cause analysis, and remediation.
- Support service reporting, audits, and compliance activities and act as an escalation point while working closely with engineers, consultants, and other operational stakeholders.
Experience & skills
- Demonstrate 7-9 years of experience in information security with strong hands-on and operational exposure to system security, data security, endpoint security, and application security domains.
- Prove experience leading security operations teams within complex security environments.
- Support complex security environments across on-premises platforms and cloud platforms.
- Exhibit strong understanding of data protection principles within enterprise environments.
- Demonstrate strong understanding of application security and API security principles.
- Show strong understanding of operational security processes across on-premises and cloud platforms.
- Hold relevant security certifications as an advantage.