Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer: Rapid Defense

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 67,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company is seeking a Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer, Mid to support detection, containment, and recovery of security incidents across enterprise networks in a government context. The role emphasizes automation, scripting, and playbooks to speed and standardize security operations.

You will perform forensic analysis, coordinate with cross‑functional teams, and contribute to proactive defense initiatives, while ensuring regulatory alignment and

Qualifications

• Typically 4–7 years of hands‑on cybersecurity operations and incident response experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated experience with incident response tools and platforms such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, and EDR in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of incident response principles, containment and eradication techniques, and data security best practices.
• Proven analytical and problem‑solving ability with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical analysis of security events and incidents using SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR to identify attack vectors and affected assets.
• Develop and refine incident response runbooks and automation workflows for triage, containment, and eradication.
• Coordinate system and network isolation strategies with infrastructure and application teams to contain threats with minimal disruption.
• Support proactive defensive engineering initiatives, including tuning detections and building automated countermeasures.
• Perform host and network forensics to support root cause analysis and regulatory needs.
• Map observed adversary behavior to MITRE ATT&CK to guide detection improvements.
• Ensure incident handling aligns with data security policies and regulatory compliance.
• Produce incident documentation, timelines, and lessons learned for security awareness.

Skills

Cybersecurity operations

Incident response

Threat analysis

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SIEM

IDS/IPS

EDR

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company is seeking a Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer, Mid to support detection, containment, and recovery of security incidents across enterprise networks in a government context. The role emphasizes automation, scripting, and playbooks to speed and standardize security operations.

You will perform forensic analysis, coordinate with cross‑functional teams, and contribute to proactive defense initiatives, while ensuring regulatory alignment and