Security Operations Analyst | SOC & Threat Hunting

Accenture PLC; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Career break opportunities (long/short

Structured career development program

Local and international career options

Family Inclusive Workplace

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Security Analyst to join our Managed Security Services team, supporting enterprise customer environments in security monitoring, incident investigation, detection improvement and threat hunting.

You will work alongside Senior Analysts and Technical Leads on complex investigations, gaining exposure to diverse technologies and customer challenges while contributing to ongoing SOC capability development.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in a SOC or MSSP environment.
• Experience investigating security alerts and incidents.
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk).
• Exposure to EDR/XDR platforms (Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, Cortex XDR).
• Understanding of identity and cloud security concepts.
• Knowledge of incident response methodologies.
• Ability to analyze logs and correlate data from multiple sources.
• Exposure to threat hunting and detection tuning.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts across enterprise environments.
• Analyse security events using SIEM platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk).
• Investigate suspicious activity across identity, cloud, endpoint and network telemetry.
• Support incident response activities including containment and escalation.
• Work with Defender, CrowdStrike and Cortex XDR technologies.
• Tune detections to reduce false positives and alert noise.
• Develop new detections and customer-specific use cases.
• Participate in threat hunting based on threat intel and customer concerns.
• Identify gaps in logging and security visibility.
• Assist with vulnerability management and prioritise findings.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to customers and stakeholders.
• Contribute to automation and SOC capability development.
• Collaborate with senior analysts on investigations and escalations.
• Participate in rotating on-call roster for after-hours escalations.

Skills

SOC operations

Security incidents

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Azure/Entra ID

MITRE ATT&CK

Security analytics

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

Microsoft Defender

CrowdStrike

Cortex XDR

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Security Analyst to join our Managed Security Services team, supporting enterprise customer environments in security monitoring, incident investigation, detection improvement and threat hunting.

You will work alongside Senior Analysts and Technical Leads on complex investigations, gaining exposure to diverse technologies and customer challenges while contributing to ongoing SOC capability development.