Cyber Incident Response Analyst

The role

You will manage active cyber investigations and identify root causes using government-furnished tooling. You will coordinate with system owners, forensics, and threat intelligence to close cases.

What you will do

• Respond to information system security incidents using government-furnished toolset to identify root causes.
• Produce required documentation and possible evidence for authorized personnel.
• Support advanced analysis of data file system artifacts, memory, and network logs.
• Assist in scoping and containing compromises across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments.
• Contribute to post-incident recommendations for improving agency security posture.
• Coordinate with system owners and ISSOs during containment and remediation.
• Support email trace, purge, and data spillage sanitization efforts.
• Mentor junior CIRT analysts on evidence handling and case documentation standards.

Required qualifications

• US Citizenship
• 3+ years of related experience
• BS degree (or 4 years of additional experience)
• Minimum of one year professional experience in network or UNIX/Linux system administration, software engineering, or software development, and/or a bachelor's degree in a related field
• Minimum of three years of professional experience responding to information system security incidents (Tier 1 specialization)
• One or More: CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, GSEC, SSCP

Nice to have

• Experience owning multiple concurrent incident investigations from triage through closure
• Working knowledge of at least one EDR platform in an investigative capacity
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• Hands-on experience
• Certifications
• Industry training

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 serves the US federal government. Its 13,000+ people work across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.