Vulnerability & Red Team Lead

Who you'll be

Lead and manage a large-scale enterprise vulnerability management and offensive security program, overseeing a continuous scanning and remediation-validation cycle across thousands of endpoints. This role involves planning and executing penetration testing engagements, leading red and purple team exercises, and collaborating with security operations to enhance threat-hunting and remediation workflows. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of analysts and testers.

What you'll do

• Own and operate the enterprise vulnerability scanning, prioritization, and remediation-validation program.
• Track known exploited vulnerabilities against applicable federal directives and drive remediation timelines.
• Plan and execute penetration testing engagements under formal Rules of Engagement, including scoping and reporting.
• Lead red and purple team exercises to validate detection and response effectiveness.
• Validate and retest completed remediation actions to confirm vulnerabilities are fully resolved.
• Develop and maintain vulnerability management policies, procedures, and reporting metrics.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of vulnerability analysts and penetration testers.
• Brief leadership on vulnerability trends, risk exposure, and offensive-security findings.
• Coordinate with the SOC and threat intelligence functions to translate offensive findings into defensive measures.

What you'll need

• 7 years of penetration testing and/or vulnerability management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field (equivalent experience considered).
• Deep technical knowledge of exploitation techniques, vulnerability scanning tools, and remediation validation methods.
• Experience leading or mentoring a technical team.
• Certifications: OSCP, OSCE, or GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN) required.
• CISSP or GPEN preferred.

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:

$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. 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.