Junior, Mid-Level

CyberCX - Network Security Engineer

Sydney, Australia · On-site

The work we do matters CyberCX, part of Accenture, protects and defends our customers and communities by providing the most comprehensive range of cyber security professional services in the region. About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at www.accenture.com.

About the role We are looking for a Network Security Engineer to join our Managed Security Engineering team, supporting a portfolio of enterprise customer environments. This is a hands on engineering role suited to someone with solid network security fundamentals who enjoys troubleshooting, working across live production environments and solving a variety of customer issues. You will work primarily across Fortinet and Palo Alto technologies, supporting the day to day operation of customer network security environments through BAU activities, incident response, scheduled changes, health checks and ongoing service improvement. The role would suit someone who already has practical firewall and networking experience and wants to continue building their capability across different enterprise environments while working alongside experienced engineers and technical leads.

What you’ll be doing

Support and maintain customer network security environments across Fortinet and Palo Alto platforms
Investigate and resolve network connectivity, firewall, VPN and access-related issues
Troubleshoot problems across routing, switching, NAT, firewall policies and related network services
Respond to operational incidents, including higher-priority P1/P2 issues where required
Perform scheduled configuration changes and support customer change requests
Complete regular environment health checks and identify potential issues before they impact customers
Analyse alerts and service requests and work through issues to root cause
Support firewall policy changes, VPN configuration and broader network security administration
Work with customers and internal technical teams to resolve complex incidents and service issues
Contribute to service improvement activities and help identify opportunities to make customer environments more stable, secure and efficient
Maintain clear technical documentation and work within established change and operational processes
Participate in an after-hours support roster as part of the wider managed services team

Skills & Experience

Hands-on experience with Fortinet / FortiGate and Palo Alto firewall technologies
Strong networking fundamentals across TCP/IP, routing, switching, VPNs, NAT and firewall policy
Experience troubleshooting connectivity and access issues across live production environments
Experience administering or supporting enterprise firewall environments
Understanding of network traffic flows and the ability to methodically isolate faults across network and security layers
Experience working with incidents, service requests and scheduled changes
Exposure to managed services, MSP/MSSP environments or enterprise infrastructure/security teams
Good understanding of change management and production risk
Strong communication skills and confidence working with customers and internal technical teams
Ability to work independently while knowing when to escalate more complex issues
A willingness to learn, broaden your technical capability and contribute to continuous service improvement

Experience with FortiManager, Panorama, SD-WAN, high availability, enterprise VPN technologies or network automation** would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Benefits of working at Accenture:

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Long & short-term career break opportunities
Structured career development program
Local and international career opportunities.
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Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
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