The work we do mattersCyberCX, 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 .
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 elevate 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:
18 weeks paid parental leave
Long & short-term career break opportunities
Structured career development program
Local and international career opportunities.
Certified as a Family Inclusive WorkplaceTM
Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture's Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year's Diversity & Inclusion Index!
We are a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, to see our benefits and policies click here
All our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.Accenture is a an EEO and Affimative Action Employee of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement for Australia:
At Accenture, we recognise that our people are multi-dimensional, and we create a work environment where all people feel like they can bring their authentic selves to work, every day.
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity unleashes innovation and creates a culture where everyone feels they have equal opportunity. Our range of progressive policies support flexibility in 'where', 'when' and 'how' our people work to ensure that Accenture is an organisation where you can strive for more, achieve great things and maintain the balance and wellbeing you need.
We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email ****** and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on ***************.




To ensure our workplace is inclusive and diverse we are setting bold goals and taking comprehensive action. To achieve these goals, we collect information that allows us to track the effectiveness of our Inclusion and Diversity programs. Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement.
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 robust 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 atwww.accenture.com
Equal Employment Opportunity Statementfor Australia:
At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.
As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.
We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email******and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on***************.
Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about ourPrivacy Statement
The work we do mattersCyberCX, 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 .
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 elevate 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:
18 weeks paid parental leave
Long & short-term career break opportunities
Structured career development program
Local and international career opportunities.
Certified as a Family Inclusive WorkplaceTM
Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture's Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year's Diversity & Inclusion Index!
We are a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, to see our benefits and policies click here
All our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.Accenture is a an EEO and Affimative Action Employee of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement for Australia:
At Accenture, we recognise that our people are multi-dimensional, and we create a work environment where all people feel like they can bring their authentic selves to work, every day.
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity unleashes innovation and creates a culture where everyone feels they have equal opportunity. Our range of progressive policies support flexibility in 'where', 'when' and 'how' our people work to ensure that Accenture is an organisation where you can strive for more, achieve great things and maintain the balance and wellbeing you need.
We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email ****** and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on ***************.
To ensure our workplace is inclusive and diverse we are setting bold goals and taking comprehensive action. To achieve these goals, we collect information that allows us to track the effectiveness of our Inclusion and Diversity programs. Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement.
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 atwww.accenture.com
Equal Employment Opportunity Statementfor Australia:
At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.
As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.
We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email******and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on***************.
Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about ourPrivacy Statement
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📌 Cybercx - Network Security Engineer (Sydney)
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