Cybersecurity Incident Response Triage Analyst

Accenture Federal Services Careers Marketplace; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in Arlington, VA, seeks a Cybersecurity Incident Response Triage Analyst to join the CIRT team within the CISO organization. The role involves monitoring, triaging, and analyzing alerts from SIEM and security sensors, coordinating with incident response and operations teams to qualify events and determine false positives.

Candidates should have 1–2 years in information security, experience with event/log analysis and SIEM, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of information security experience or equivalent education/work experience.
• Experience performing event and log analysis with security tools including SIEM.
• Familiarity with TCP/IP, malware analysis concepts, and endpoint analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail.
• Understanding of incident response lifecycles and security operations.

Responsibilities

• Actively monitor and respond to cybersecurity incidents related to alerted policy violations.
• Analyze and investigate incidents to determine nature and scope.
• Coordinate with team leads for effective incident resolution.
• Document incidents and response activities in detail.
• Stay updated with latest cybersecurity threats and trends.
• Assist in developing incident response strategies and procedures.
• Collaborate with operations, legal, HR, and management to interview subjects and determine true/false positives.

Skills

Incident response

Event and log analysis

Communication skills

Network security basics

Tools

SIEM

Firewalls

Antivirus

Web proxies

DLP tools

NIDS/IPS

Job description

Cybersecurity Incident Response Triage Analyst

Arlington, VA

The Work

The Cybersecurity Incident Response Junior Analyst and Triage Analyst role will work in the CIRT team in the CISO organization. This role works on a shift under the analysis and triage team lead to relate, scope, and triage alerts and notifications from the SIEM, security sensors, ticketing system, walk-ins, and phone calls. Requires technical understanding to collaborate with the incident response and operations teams to qualify events as relevant and determine true and false positives. Knowledge in incident response lifecycles, common cyber-attacks, and federal incident reporting requirements.

Primary responsibilities:

• Actively monitor and respond to cybersecurity incidents related to alerted policy violations
• Analyze and investigate incidents to determine their nature and scope.
• Coordinate with the lead and other Cybersecurity Incident Response Teams for effective incident resolution.
• Document incidents and response activities in detail.
• Stay updated with the latest cybersecurity threats and trends.
• Assist in developing and refining incident response strategies and procedures.
• Collaborate with operations teams, legal, human resources and management to investigate security issues and interview investigation subjects to determine true and false positives.

What you need

• 1 - 2 years of experience in information security, or other equivalent combination of education or equivalent work experience.
• 1-year of experience performing event and log analysis including one or more of the following: Anti-Virus,
• Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, Active Directory, Web Proxies, Data loss prevention tools and other security tools found in large enterprise network environments; along with experience working with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with various network and host-based security applications and tools, such as network and host assessment/scanning tools, network and host-based intrusion detection systems, and other security software packages.
• Familiarity with various network and host-based security applications and tools, such as network and host assessment/scanning tools, network and host-based intrusion detection systems, and other security software packages.
• Familiarity with TCP/IP, common application layer protocols, and packet analysis of the same.
• Familiarity with static and dynamic malware analysis concepts.
• Experience with indicators of attack and compromise.
• Familiarity with Windows / Linux architecture and endpoint analysis of the same.
• Familiarity with basic data parsing and analysis tools, i.e., Excel, grep, sed, awk, regex, etc

Bonus if you have

• SANs GIAC Certifications including but not limited to GCED, GCLD, GCIH, GCFA, GREM

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What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.

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As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland . The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$57,200 - $109,400 USD