About this Vulnerability and Patch Management Specialist role at Accenture
Responsibilities:
Patch Management & Vulnerability Assessments:
Regularly assess vulnerabilities and prioritise patches to mitigate security risks across infrastructure, endpoints, servers, and applications.Patch Deployment:
Coordinate and deploy patches and updates to systems and applications while minimizing business disruption.Collaboration with IT client’s team:
Work with cross functional and IT Client’s teams to ensure patch management policies, procedures, and guidelines are followed across the organizationTesting & Validation:
Ensure patches are thoroughly tested for compatibility and stability before deployment.Reporting & Metrics:
Prepare detailed reports on patch compliance, system performance, and vulnerability remediation. Provide insights and updates to senior leadership on patch management progress.Incident Response Support:
Assist in responding to security incidents related to patching or vulnerabilities.Troubleshooting:
Investigate and resolve patch-related issues in collaboration with other teams.Change Management:
Ensure patch management activities comply with change management processes and risk assessments.Continuous Improvement:
Analyse vulnerabilities, patching gaps, and emerging threats, and propose continuous improvement plans to enhance patch management processes.Security Assessments & Audits:
Support security assessments, audits, and technical evaluations of security controls related to patch management.
Job Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
Experience: 5+ years in patch management, vulnerability remediation, or a similar role, with a strong understanding of patch deployment strategies and tools.
Technical Skills: Experience with vulnerability assessment tools (e.g., Qualys, Nessus), patch deployment tools (e.g., SCCM, WSUS, Tanium), and managing patches for both Microsoft and Linux operating systems is an advantage
Communication Skills: Excellent communication in French and English to engage with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
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 approximately 791,000 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. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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