Cybersecurity Research Engineer

Accenture Federal Services; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 126,300 - 243,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking experienced DoD Cyber Security Engineers based in Fort Meade, Maryland. The role involves malware analysis, incident handling, and drafting security policies. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.

Excellent skills in programming languages and tools such as C, Python, IDA Pro, and Ghidra are essential. The position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance and offers a compensation range of $126,300–$243,100 USD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business discipline or equivalent 5 years of direct experience.
• Experience in languages such as C, C++, Python, Assembly, and/or Java.
• Expertise with tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra, OllyDbg, x64db, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Perform malware analysis and incident handling.
• Draft and implement security incident response policies.
• Analyze malware discovered in DoD intrusions.
• Develop and release Government‑approved analysis findings in reports.
• Identify unique indicators from malware artifacts.
• Collaborate with anti‑virus vendors for malware submissions.
• Extract malicious files from digital media.
• Identify and document adversarial activities.
• Develop metrics and trending reports of malicious activity.
• Conduct log and system analysis.
• Update DoD shared situational awareness mechanisms.
• Identify security vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies.
• Deliver MD5 hash updates for signature repository.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Assembly

Java

IDA Pro

Ghidra

OllyDbg

x64db

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

Job description

Job Description

Accenture Federal Services seeks experienced DoD Cyber Security Engineers to support planning, development, execution, and analysis of full-spectrum cyber operations.

Responsibilities

• Perform malware analysis and incident handling.
• Draft and implement security incident response policies.
• Analyze malware discovered in DoD intrusions; perform dynamic and static analysis and reverse engineering of intrusion artifacts.
• Develop and release Government‑approved analysis findings in technical analysis reports.
• Identify unique indicators, TTPs, patterns, or heuristics from malware artifacts for the development of detection and mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with anti‑virus vendors for malware submissions to aid vendor anti‑virus updates.
• Extract malicious files from digital media and sources.
• Identify, analyze, and document adversarial activities to gain unauthorized access to DoD systems.
• Develop an analysis and recommendation report, determining sophistication, priority, and threat of identified malware.
• Examine media and malware analysis reports and operational reporting from DoD incidents to correlate similar events, tradecraft, and TTPs of malicious activity.
• Develop metrics and trending/analysis reports of malicious activity used to compromise the DODIN, U.S. Government, and allies.
• Develop and conduct update briefs, presentations, and papers to leadership to ensure situational awareness and status are conveyed related to the assigned project areas.
• Conduct log and system analysis for various system and network capabilities, to include routers, Windows, and UNIX.
• Update DoD shared situational awareness mechanisms to include customer websites, Wikipedia‑style solutions, and collaboration/chat mechanisms.
• Identify new security vulnerabilities, analyze behavior of malicious code, research open‑source data, document host/network signatures, and develop mitigation and remediation strategies.
• Deliver Message Digest 5 (MD5) hash updates. Validate, update, post, and maintain MD5 hash list for signature repository.
• Conduct analyses on the lifecycle of adversary anatomy of cyber attacks and the associated tools, malware, and encryption mechanisms utilized.
• Identify patterns in reported compromises and identify additional compromises as part of the same incident.
• Craft policy, guidance, and procedures in the execution of the Global Malware Exploitation Center and its associated POA&Ms from both capability solution and governance perspectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business discipline from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or related discipline or equivalent 5 years of direct experience.
• Experience in languages such as C, C++, Python, Assembly, and/or Java.
• Expertise with tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra, OllyDbg, x64db, or similar.

Security Clearance

• Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance.

Benefits

Compensation range: $126,300–$243,100 USD (States: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland). Additional benefits include comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

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