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Security Consultant
San Francisco, California
"Digital interactions are increasing—and will only continue to do so. A secure digital identity ensures that people can interact in increasingly digital lifestyles and economies."
I work in the Digital Identity practice. Digital identity is all about giving someone the ability to transact and interact online in a secure way—but we go beyond just usernames and passwords. I help design and implement digital identity systems, helping clients to increase the security of their digital identities and online access, make user experiences more convenient and ensure methods of identification and authentication are secure, easy to use and accurate.
You probably don’t think about it often (I certainly didn’t before joining this practice), but your digital identity is your portal to being able to transact online—it’s how other people or companies know who you are in the digital world. It’s like showing the security agent your passport when going through airport security in the physical world.
The project I’m currently on is really quite exciting. I’ve helped one of our international not-for-profit clients to write a white paper about digital identity, its importance and what qualities a digital identity should have. The next phase of this project is to really drill down into the qualities we outlined and set up a framework that makes these qualities measurable, and to help digital identity system owners understand how their digital identity stacks up. I’ve loved being a part of such strategic, broad, impactful work. I do a lot of research, and I learn from the best and brightest in the industry.
As a “plus one”, I’m also involved in some very exciting initiatives in the blockchain identity space—exploring the use cases for blockchain technology in digital identity. I find blockchain technology not only technically interesting, but also conceptually interesting, as it can be, and is, a disruptive technology that can have huge impact. Seeing that impact play out on a global level and helping to give identity to those who don’t have one is very rewarding.
Outside of the office, my husband and I have a dog (a mini-Berne-Doodle, or a Bernese mountain dog-mini poodle mix), and I love to spoil him and play with him. I also love to cook—this week I learned to make homemade butternut squash ravioli. As the famed Napa Valley region is only a short drive away, we also love to go up there on weekends to explore new wineries or just enjoy the scenery.
“I’ve loved being a part of strategic, broad, impactful work.”
Threats and technologies are constantly changing—so you must always be sharpening your skills to keep up. This space moves very quickly, and therefore, quick learning is key. Accenture has a diverse set of people to learn from, and diverse projects to participate in, that allow me the ability to continue my education well beyond college. There are always new problems to solve, and if I ever feel that I’m stuck in a rut, I can start learning about a new technology or topic that is important to our clients.
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USA VA - Arlington
Organization: Accenture Federal Services Location: Metro DC Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, Virginia. Accenture's federal business has served every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations. We believe that great outcomes are everything. It’s what drives us to turn bold ideas into breakthrough solutions. By combining digital technologies with what works across the world’s leading businesses, we use agile approaches to help clients solve their toughest problems fast—the first time. So you can deliver what matters most. Count on us to help you embrace new ways of working, building for change and put customers at the core. A wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, we bring over 30 years of experience serving the federal government, including every cabinet-level department. Our 7,200 dedicated colleagues and change makers work with our clients at the heart of the nation’s priorities in defense, intel, public safety, health and civilian to help you make a difference for the people you employ, serve and protect. At Accenture Federal Services, we do much more than sell technology. We deliver game changing solutions that enhance the agility and productivity to deliver meaningful outcomes. We create innovative solutions that deliver outcomes by connecting people, improving processes, and deliver technology that transforms the way businesses, government, and communities live, work and play. The Role: As an Accenture Federal Digital Management Consultant, you will help clients address priority enterprise-wide challenges with strategies and solutions to execute with speed and at scale. We are looking for future leaders who will build out a broad set of core management consulting skills across several functional domains including digital, strategy, operations, and human capital. What You’ll do:Have meaningful conversations to understand client challenges, near-term goals, and long-term vision.Work collaboratively in an iterative way to reimagine challenges and think out-of-the-boxResearch, analyze, and distill meaningful insights that are focused on valueThink creatively and analytically to solve problems and find new and better solutionsRemain focused on client needs and experiences to expand and strengthen solutions, coming up with new ideas and opportunities to innovateUse considerable judgment to determine solutions and seek guidance on complex problems.Adapt existing methods and procedures to create possible alternative solutions to moderately complex problems.Understand the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals.Manage small teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture.Typically, Consultants work at client sites, with significant client exposure.
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Wanted: Workday Innovators Ready to innovate at the forefront of Workday? As a member of one of the world’s largest Workday-certified teams, you’ll be part of a team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology. You’ll deliver HR and financial management solutions that help organizations realize the Workday promise of integrated, cloud-based capabilities that put them on the fast track to a better way to work. Grow your career with leading-edge technologies, continuous learning opportunities and a global community with deep industry expertise that help to solve clients’ biggest challenges. Now is the perfect time for you to join the Accenture DayNine Workday team, where you’ll: Assess, strategize and manage Workday deployments for organizations across the globe. Accenture has worked with more than 600 clients to deliver Workday deployments to unlock the potential of their organizations. Design and deliver future-ready Workday solutions to help organizations optimize their HR and Finance functions and enhance their employees’ experiences. Join more than 1,200 professionals certified in Workday, collaborating to drive enterprise-wide transformational projects on a global scale. Expand your Workday skills and advance your career with unparalleled training and professional development opportunities. Key Responsibilities As a Workday Integration Associate Manager, you should expect to lead a Workday Integration effort and have the following responsibilities: Lead the design of integrations from point to point systems as well as holistic interchange services rendering effective data quality and dependable exchanges of digital information Identify, assess, and solvecomplex business problemsfor integrating the Workday cloud application with external applications across a wide array of Human Capital Management and Financial functional areas, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors Design, build, and support testing of Workday integration code base including Studio, EIB and supporting 3rd party coding Oversees integration delivery Manage integration development process (may require interaction with global resources across multiple geographic locations) Lead Discovery session with client for each domain specific integration Deliver requirements and design documents to developers Ensures timelines and quality of integration is met Engages with 3rd party vendors as required Closelyfollow the strategic directionset by leadership when establishing Workday project goals Collaborate with client counterpart to successfully deliver shared objectives Responsible for timely identification and escalation of risks and development of alternative technical and functional approaches when necessary Help identify process improvements and changes to our methodology based on project experience Individuals in this role may be expected to either: Manage and guide a team a small team of individuals as well as to take on a lead role within any project in which they may serve as an active participant OR Become the lead Subject Matter Expert within the Integration area of Workday.
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USA OH - Columbus
Thanks to a unique partnership with Accenture Interactive, we’re able to do work that changes the world and Fjord is always looking for kindred spirits.Digital is no longer the centerpiece of brand experience; the emphasis is shifting onto how best to use it as an invisible enabler of physical and sensory experiences. As interactions with users evolve from periodic engagements via a screen to consistent, connected experiences, organizations must create new services that are deeply integrated in the physical world. We are a family of Fjordians, our living culture and borderless playground provide us with space to thrive, following simple core values that inform everything we do. Be adventurous. Bring a vision. Make an impact. Rely on empathy. Nurture collaboration. Stay transparent. Be bold and generous in all you do. At Fjord, Service & Interaction Designareat the heartof our designprocess.OurService & InteractionDesigners are adiverse teamof strategic, empathetic thinkers and deepinteraction specialistswhoenvision and craft experiencesfrom service design to digital product creation. TheInteractionDesign Lead ownsInteractionDesign as a disciplineon projects and accountsandcontributes to thepractice at the studio level andsharingresponsibility for theInteractionDesign team across all studio accounts. On projects,you’llsupport and provide oversight on all aspects ofInteractionDesign,and lead Interaction Design efforts on our most ambitious work.This is your opportunity to be part of a team that is creating positive impact for our clients and the world by creating products and services that people love. Unleash theFjordianinside because you are… Naturally engaging people at a deep level whether observing or interviewing customers, working with fellow team members, clients and channeling the inner creative A visual and verbal storyteller, delivering insights about people and behavior in a way that generates empathy, emotion, and engagement from the client and design team Comfortable with ambiguity in a fluid organization Ready to collaborate on products and services that change the way our clients do business creating service at scale Passionate about creating experiences that fuse physical and digital through research, analytics, design and delivery Role Description A professional in this position, at this level within Accenture has the following responsibilities: Uncover user needs through research, develop deep insights, generate concepts,and craft how people will interact with the products and services we design Lead Interaction Design activities and research-based design practice ataproject level Manage relationships with partners and clients with respectto these activities Explain, discuss,and justify design decisions with team eloquently including effective feedback and direction Assess performance and provide career guidance for those in your project and line management team Help to evolve the Interaction Design practice, pulling in state-of-the-art methods from external and internal expertise Frame design solutions and explain thinking and rationale in a compelling way and lead the communication of research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale Publish articles, books,and other media on behalf of Fjord
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