Cybersecurity Incident Response Triage Specialist

Summary

Join Accenture Federal Services as a Cybersecurity Incident Response Analyst and contribute to strengthening national security. You will be part of a cyberattack response team, analyzing security events and responding to incidents. Collaborate with operations teams to investigate security issues, perform malware analysis, and enhance the organization's security posture. This role requires strong communication skills and experience in incident response lifecycles, cybersecurity intelligence, and federal incident reporting. The position demands US citizenship and specific experience in information security and event log analysis. Accenture Federal Services offers a competitive salary and a wide variety of benefits.

Requirements

• US Citizenship required
• 3 years of experience in information security, or other equivalent combination of education or equivalent work experience
• 2+ year(s) of experience performing event and log analysis including one or more of the following: Anti-Virus, Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, Active Directory, Web Proxies, Data loss prevention tools and other security tools found in large enterprise network environments; along with experience working with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions
• Experience with Packet & Malware Analysis
• Basic understanding of TCP/IP and common application layer protocols
• Basic data parsing (Excel, grep, sed, awk, regex)

Responsibilities

• Analyze and respond to incidents from security-relevant events triaged by the T1 team
• Collaborate with operations teams and management to investigate security issues and determine true and false positives
• Perform malware analysis and provide recommendations to increase the organizations security posture

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication (written and verbal), attention to detail and interpersonal skills
• SANs GIAC Certifications including but not limited to GCED, GCLD, GCIH, GCFA, GREM; CISSP
• Indicators of Attack and Compromise
• Detection Design & Engineering to Tune Signatures
• Windows / Linux Architecture
• Experience presenting complex technical information to decision makers and leading them through the decision-making process
• Work independently to deliver timely solutions without direct supervision

Benefits

• $70,000 — $147,800 USD (pay range for specified states)
• A wide variety of benefits