Digital Identity Consultant

Role Title: Digital Identity Consultant

Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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 738,000 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.

About 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.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with clients to gather and analyze requirements for Identity Governance and Administration solutions.
• Build policies, processes, and frameworks related to identity and access management (e.g., identity lifecycle management, requesting access, auditing permissions).
• Conduct assessments of clients' existing IAM processes, systems, and controls to identify areas for improvement.
• Work with clients to develop Identity and Access Management strategies, architectures, and implementation plans.
• Define technical and business requirements for identity and access management solutions.
• Advise on the implementation of new IAM features tailored to the specific environment.
• Establish the link between the IAM team and business stakeholders, capturing their evolving requirements and communicating about the IAM program roadmap.
• Focus on the efficient deployment, roll-out, and transition of new features and versions of the IAM platform.
• Configure and customize IGA and Access Management platforms to align with clients' business processes and security policies.
• Develop and implement access control policies, roles, and entitlements to ensure appropriate levels of access across systems and applications.
• Provide guidance and expertise on best practices for identity lifecycle management, access certification, role-based access control, and compliance reporting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including security, IT, and compliance, to integrate IGA solutions into clients' environments.
• Provide training and support to clients' teams to facilitate adoption and ongoing management of IGA solutions.
• Interact with vendors and service providers to address contractual agreements related to the IAM platform.
• Prepare updates and reports to management.

Qualifications:

• Proven track record with 6+ years of experience in IT services and information security.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience working on identity and access management.
• Familiarity with identity and access management systems (SailPoint, Entra ID, ForgeRock, Okta, Novell) and directories (LDAP, AD).
• Familiarity with RBAC and Role Engineering.
• Prior consulting experience and excellent customer-facing skills are highly desirable.
• Proven ability to work and contribute to a team-oriented environment.
• Demonstrated multitasking skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.

Why join us?

• We offer a transparent, fast-paced approach to career progression, focusing 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 while helping create the latest business trends.
• You will also have opportunities to make a difference in the communities in which we work and live.

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