Information Security Application Assessment Specialist

Job description

Title: Information Security Application Assessment Specialist

Organization: Corporate Functions/Information Security

Location : Chicago, IL

Level: 9 - Specialist

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture, and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

People in the Corporate Function career track contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.

Job Description

Resource will be responsible for conducting Client Data Protection and or Application assessments. These assessments will verify the effective implementation of effective controls within Accenture's client engagements.

The role will require the assessor to:

· Work directly with client engagement leadership to schedule and conduct the assessment
· Conduct the assessment using customized work plan to address key risks of the engagement
· Conducts web and code analysis scans utilizing an automated scanner
· Identify assessment findings and recommend remediation
· Draft assessment report and publish to upper level executives
· Track and confirm closure of findings
· Travel on a limited basis

Desired profile

Basic Qualifications:

·  Minimum of 3 years Application Security Assessment experience (ie. assessment review, technical checks, automated scans, checking for policy violations and code vulnerability, etc)

Preferred Qualifications:

·  CISA or CISSP certification
·  Ethical hacker certification

Professional Skills:

·  Must be able to provide strong oral and written communication to executive leadership
·  Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
·  Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
·  Desire to work in an information systems environment
·  Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
·  Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
·  Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian
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 (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

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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