The Role
Leads analysis of complex, high-severity security events across SIEM, network, cloud, and endpoint environments. Provides expertise in evidence preservation, mentors junior analysts, develops detection recommendations, supports SOC reporting, serves as shift technical lead, leads incident retrospectives, and partners with threat intelligence and hunting teams to operationalize indicators of compromise. Requires extensive cybersecurity experience, federal mission expertise, and advanced security certifications.
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At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.
Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.
Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!
Who you'll be:
We are seeking a Senior Attack Sensing & Warning Analyst to provide subject-matter expertise for a federal agency's highest-severity security events. You will lead complex event analysis, mentor junior analysts, and serve as a key technical voice in shaping SOC detection strategy. When the SOC faces its toughest calls — ambiguous alerts, novel attack patterns, or fast-moving incidents with executive visibility — you will be the analyst the team looks to for clarity, and your recommendations will directly influence how the SOC tunes its defenses going forward.
What you'll do:
- Lead analysis of the most complex and high-severity security events across SIEM, network, cloud, and endpoint systems.
- Serve as SME for evidence preservation and proper chain-of-custody handling across all data classification levels, up to Top Secret.
- Mentor Tier I and Tier II analysts on advanced triage and analysis techniques.
- Drive security content recommendations (signatures, detection rules) resulting from complex investigations.
- Support the SOC's weekly and monthly reporting cycle with high-fidelity analysis summaries.
- Serve as shift technical lead when the AS&W Lead is unavailable, making real-time escalation and prioritization calls.
- Lead retrospective reviews of significant incidents to identify detection gaps and process improvement opportunities.
- Partner with Cyber Threat Intelligence and Cyber Threat Hunt to validate and operationalize new indicators of compromise.
What you need:
- US Citizenship, 10+ years of experience, BS degree, MS degree.
- A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in security, information risk management, or information systems risk assessment (Tier 3 specialization).
- Deep knowledge across vulnerability assessment, IPS/IDS, access control, policy enforcement, application security, protocol analysis, firewall management, incident response, DLP, encryption, and advanced threat protection.
- Advanced SIEM query/correlation-rule authoring skills (preferred).
- Experience leading post-incident retrospectives or lessons-learned sessions (preferred).
- Prior informal or formal shift-lead experience in a 24x7 operations environment (preferred).
Required Certifications:
- One or more: CASP+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, GCED.
As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:
$109,500—$224,200 USD
What We Believe
As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of the Accenture Federal Services Equal Opportunity Policy Statement.
Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Additionally, as an Affirmative Action Employer for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
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Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture Federal Services and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.
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Other Employment Statements
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Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.
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Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- 10 or more years of professional experience
- Bachelor of Science degree
- Master of Science degree
- At least five years of professional experience in security, information risk management, or information systems risk assessment
- Deep knowledge of vulnerability assessment, IPS/IDS, access control, policy enforcement, application security, protocol analysis, firewall management, incident response, DLP, encryption, and advanced threat protection
- One or more of CASP+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, or GCED certifications
- Advanced SIEM query and correlation-rule authoring skills
- Experience leading post-incident retrospectives or lessons-learned sessions
- Prior informal or formal shift-lead experience in a 24x7 operations environment
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The Company
What We Do
Accenture Federal Services is a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture LLP. It empowers US federal agencies to reinvent their operations and deliver missions faster using technology and AI. By leveraging mission expertise and commercial innovation, the company provides solutions in cloud, data, and cybersecurity to help the government make the nation stronger, safer, and more resilient.
