Attack Sensing & Warning Analyst Senior

The role

You will provide subject-matter expertise for high-severity security events. You will lead complex event analysis, mentor junior analysts, and shape SOC detection strategy.

What you will do

• Lead analysis of complex and high-severity security events across SIEM, network, cloud, and endpoint systems.
• Serve as SME for evidence preservation and chain-of-custody handling up to Top Secret.
• Mentor Tier I and Tier II analysts on advanced triage and analysis techniques.
• Drive security content recommendations resulting from complex investigations.
• Support the SOC's weekly and monthly reporting cycle.
• Serve as shift technical lead when the AS&W Lead is unavailable.
• Lead retrospective reviews of significant incidents to identify detection gaps.
• Partner with Cyber Threat Intelligence and Cyber Threat Hunt to validate indicators of compromise.

Required qualifications

• US Citizenship
• 10+ years of experience
• BS degree
• MS degree
• Minimum of five years of professional experience in security, information risk management, or information systems risk assessment (Tier 3 specialization)
• Knowledge of vulnerability assessment, IPS/IDS, access control, policy enforcement, application security, protocol analysis, firewall management, incident response, DLP, encryption, and advanced threa
• One or more: CASP+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, GCED

Nice to have

• Advanced SIEM query/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

Benefits

• Certifications
• Industry training
• Hands-on experience

Before you apply

• Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
• Candidates currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

About the company

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture that helps the US federal government. Its 13,000+ people pursue technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.