Cyber Incident Response Analyst

Who you'll be

We are seeking an Incident Response Analyst to strengthen a federal agency's Cyber Incident Response Team. You will independently manage active investigations, using government-furnished tooling to identify root causes and produce documentation supporting security investigators. You will typically own several concurrent cases at a time, coordinating with system owners, forensics, and threat intelligence as needed to bring each one to a clean, well-documented close.

What you'll do

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

What you need

• US Citizenship, 3+ years of related experience, BS degree (or 4 years of additional experience)
• A minimum of one (1) 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.
• A minimum of three (3) years of professional experience responding to information system security incidents (Tier 1 specialization).

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.

Required Certifications

• One or More: CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, GSEC, SSCP.

Pay and benefits

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:

$94,000—$187,600 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. 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.