Cybersecurity IR Engineer: Automate & Defend Enterprise

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

Job summary

ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services company, seeks a Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer, Mid to support detection, containment, and recovery of incidents across enterprise networks in a government environment.

You will develop runbooks, automate responses, coordinate with teams, and contribute to MITRE ATT&CK mapping, strengthening SOC capabilities and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of hands‑on cybersecurity operations and incident response experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, CS, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 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 data exposure.
• 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 potential legal or compliance needs.
• Map observed adversary behavior to MITRE ATT&CK to recommend targeted detection improvements.
• Ensure incident handling aligns with data security best practices and government policies for auditability.
• Produce incident documentation, timelines, and lessons learned for awareness and control hardening.

Skills

Cybersecurity operations

Incident response

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SIEM

IDS/IPS

EDR

Job description

ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services company, seeks a Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer, Mid to support detection, containment, and recovery of incidents across enterprise networks in a government environment.

You will develop runbooks, automate responses, coordinate with teams, and contribute to MITRE ATT&CK mapping, strengthening SOC capabilities and regulatory compliance.