Security Platform Engineer

About the Position

Security Platform Engineer

We are looking for a Security Platform Engineer to join our Managed Security Engineering team at CyberCX, part of Accenture. This role involves supporting backend technologies used by our Security Operations teams, ensuring core security platforms are stable, available, patched, and operating effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain backend security platforms used by SOC and security operations teams.
• Troubleshoot issues across log ingestion, forwarders, collectors, integrations, and platform availability.
• Perform security platform patching, upgrades, and routine maintenance activities.
• Support customer incidents where SIEM or security tooling is degraded, unavailable, or no longer ingesting data correctly.
• Assist with onboarding and maintaining log sources across customer environments.
• Work closely with SOC analysts and security engineers to ensure the platforms they rely on are healthy and providing the right data.
• Complete scheduled changes and support ongoing service improvement activities.
• Help maintain platform health across Windows, Linux, and cloud-connected environments.
• Contribute to scripting and automation initiatives, including reporting, health checks, and repetitive operational tasks.
• Develop capability across additional monitoring and security platforms as the team’s responsibilities continue to grow.

Requirements

• Core Skills:
  • Some hands-on experience with Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or another SIEM platform.
  • Exposure to security engineering, SOC operations, platform support, systems administration, or infrastructure engineering.
  • Understanding of areas such as log ingestion, forwarders, collectors, data onboarding, or integrations.
  • Good troubleshooting skills across applications, infrastructure, or security platforms. Familiarity with Windows and/or Linux environments.
  • Exposure to patching, upgrades, change management, or maintaining production systems.
  • An interest in scripting and automation; experience with Python, PowerShell, or APIs would be beneficial but is not essential.
  • Experience with Tenable or LogicMonitor would be advantageous.
  • Strong willingness to learn and develop across multiple security technologies.
  • Comfortable working across multiple customer environments and collaborating with SOC, engineering, and infrastructure teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience in security operations or infrastructure.

We Offer

• 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 Workplace™
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• Comprehensive training programs covering business acumen, technical, and professional skills development.

About the Company

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. We are committed to inclusion and diversity, creating 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.

Locations: Brisbane, Australia | Sydney, Australia

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Level: 3-5 years

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