- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Work style
- On-site
- Full-time
- Area
- Offensive security
At a glance
The role in plain English
This role involves assessing and improving the security of telecom infrastructures for clients across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The position suits experienced penetration testers with a background in telecom or critical infrastructure environments. Day-to-day tasks include conducting security assessments, penetration tests, threat modelling, and writing technical reports. The consultant works closely with client engineering and security teams, providing both technical analysis and remediation advice.
What you'll do
- Conduct infrastructure and network penetration testing
- Perform vulnerability assessments and security reviews
- Execute security testing using OWASP methodologies
- Support threat modelling and OSINT assessments
- Write technical reports and remediation recommendations
What they're looking for
Essential
- 3 years infrastructure penetration testing experience
- Hands-on network and infrastructure security assessments
- Strong understanding of OWASP methodologies
- Fluent in Portuguese and English
- Experience writing technical security reports
Nice to have
- Experience securing telecom environments
- Knowledge of cloud security concepts
- Experience with vulnerability management programs
Core skills
- Penetration testing
- Vulnerability assessment
- OWASP
- Threat modelling
- OSINT
- Technical reporting
- Network security
Certifications mentioned
- OSCP
- CREST
- PNPT
- CEH
- GIAC (GPEN)
The shape of the job
Technical depth
4/5
Pace
3/5
Ownership
3/5
Teamwork
4/5
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- 01Describe your approach to telecom infrastructure penetration testing.
- 02How do you apply OWASP methodologies in telecom environments?
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About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company offering consulting, technology and operations services to businesses and governments.
Full job descriptionAs published by Accenture
We are looking for a Telecom Infrastructure Security Consultant to join our Telecom Security team in Portugal. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing the security posture of telecom infrastructures by conducting penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, threat modeling activities, and remediation advisory engagements.
This role offers the opportunity to work with leading telecommunications operators and critical infrastructure providers across Europe, Middle East and Africa, supporting their cybersecurity transformation and resilience initiatives.
Key Responsabilities:
- Perform infrastructure and network penetration testing activities.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and security reviews of telecom environments.
- Execute security testing following industry-recognized methodologies and OWASP frameworks.
- Perform OSINT assessments and support threat modeling exercises.
- Identify, validate and document security vulnerabilities.
- Provide detailed technical reports and remediation recommendations.
- Support clients in improving their security posture through risk-based security improvements.
- Collaborate with telecom engineering and security operations teams.
Job Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in infrastructure penetration testing.
- Hands-on experience with network and infrastructure security assessments.
- Experience using industry-standard security testing tools and frameworks.
- Strong understanding of OWASP testing methodologies.
- Experience performing threat modeling and OSINT analysis.
- Experience writing technical security assessment reports.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Fluent in Portuguese and English (written and verbal communication).
- Mobility and willingness to travel.
- Experience securing telecom environments.
- Knowledge of cloud security concepts.
- Experience with vulnerability management programs.
- Security certifications such as: OSCP, CREST, PNPT, CEH & GIAC (GPEN).
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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