Cyber Engineer: Infra-to-SOC Security Platform Lead

Accenture-Federal-Services-2; Suffolk (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a cyber engineer to bridge the gap between infrastructure and security operations, deploying and optimizing the platform across diverse enterprise architectures.

You will connect sensor data pipelines and feed SOC workflows with SIEM/XDR tools like Splunk and Elastic, while tuning detections using Zeek, Suricata, and custom Python scripts to detect advanced threats.

Qualifications

• 5 years of combined cybersecurity and network security experience.
• Experience leading Red Teams.
• Proficiency in Python scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Platform Deployment: Lead deployment across physical, virtual, and cloud architectures.
• Data Integration & Pipelines: Ingest sensor data and feed SOC workflows with SIEM/XDR tools.
• Detection & Rule Engineering: Tune detections with Zeek, Suricata, and analytics frameworks.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Red Team leadership

Python scripting

Tools

Splunk

Elastic

Zeek

Suricata

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a cyber engineer to bridge the gap between infrastructure and security operations, deploying and optimizing the platform across diverse enterprise architectures.

You will connect sensor data pipelines and feed SOC workflows with SIEM/XDR tools like Splunk and Elastic, while tuning detections using Zeek, Suricata, and custom Python scripts to detect advanced threats.