Cyber Engineer: Advanced NSM & SIEM Platform Architect

Accenture; Suffolk (VA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a cyber engineer bridging infrastructure and security operations. The role deploys, manages, and optimizes the Open NDR SaaS platform across diverse enterprise architectures to provide security teams with deep network visibility.

You will connect sensor data ingestion pipelines to SOC workflows and SIEM/XDR/EDR tools, tune detections, and customize Zeek scripts to catch advanced attacks and lateral movements.

Qualifications

• 5 years of combined cybersecurity, network security, and systems engineering experience.
• Deep familiarity with Network Security Monitoring (NSM), packet capture (PCAP), encrypted traffic inspection, and the open‑source Zeek framework.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (such as Python) to develop custom tools that automate telemetry enrichment and response playbooks.

Responsibilities

• Platform Deployment: Lead the physical, virtual, and cloud-based deployment and the Open NDR SaaS platform across diverse enterprise architectures.
• Data Integration & Pipelines: Connect sensor data ingestion pipelines and stream network evidence into existing SOC workflows, SIEM platforms, and XDR/EDR tools (e.g., Splunk, Elastic).
• Detection & Rule Engineering: Tune detection capabilities, customize Zeek scripts, and optimize analytics frameworks (using rulesets like Suricata) to catch advanced attacks and lateral movements.

Skills

cybersecurity

network security

systems engineering

NSM

PCAP

Zeek

Python

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks a cyber engineer bridging infrastructure and security operations. The role deploys, manages, and optimizes the Open NDR SaaS platform across diverse enterprise architectures to provide security teams with deep network visibility.

You will connect sensor data ingestion pipelines to SOC workflows and SIEM/XDR/EDR tools, tune detections, and customize Zeek scripts to catch advanced attacks and lateral movements.