Cyber Investigations & Forensics Lead

VulnU; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in Leesburg, VA seeks a Cyber Investigations Lead to oversee systems engineering, cyber security, and digital forensics across networks used to detect and investigate cybercrimes and policy violations.

You will guide SIEM management, secure tooling, and evidence handling while coordinating with leadership; supervise incident response, case management, and law-enforcement liaison tasks in line with NIST standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of system administration, network engineering, or software development focusing on Cyber Security.
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in digital media forensic analysis and malware code analysis.
• CISSP or CompTIA Security+ certification is preferred. GCFE, GCFA, or EnCE certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise and assist with the maintenance and engineering of the forensic network infrastructure, managing service requests via internal ticketing systems.
• Administer, configure, and secure the unit's tool suite and network security architecture; provide recommendations to leadership.
• Maintain SIEM infrastructure supporting data aggregation from IDS, firewalls, proxies, DLP, antivirus, and vulnerability scanners.
• Monitor DLP solutions and recommend incident response handling per NIST 800-88 standards.
• Design and deploy custom digital forensic builds for analysis; perform endpoint and network-based forensic analysis.
• Support digital forensic investigations, document findings, and manage email-misuse cases in the case management system.
• Serve as SME on evidence preservation and chain-of-custody procedures; handle advanced forensic extraction techniques.
• Create and escalate cases to law enforcement as per internal policies; manage the full investigation lifecycle and update SOPs.

Skills

Cyber Security

Digital Forensics

Malware Analysis

Incident Response

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

SIEM

DLP

IDS

Forensic Tools

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in Leesburg, VA seeks a Cyber Investigations Lead to oversee systems engineering, cyber security, and digital forensics across networks used to detect and investigate cybercrimes and policy violations.

You will guide SIEM management, secure tooling, and evidence handling while coordinating with leadership; supervise incident response, case management, and law-enforcement liaison tasks in line with NIST standards.