Enterprise Vulnerability & Red Team Leader

Accenture PLC; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a senior security leader to manage a large-scale vulnerability management and offensive security program across thousands of endpoints. You will drive penetration testing, red/purple team exercises, and remediation validation with cross‑functional teams.

You will mentor analysts, report trends to leadership, and translate offensive findings into defensive actions while aligning with federal directives and industry best practices.

Qualifications

• 7 years of penetration testing and/or vulnerability management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field (equivalent experience considered).
• Deep technical knowledge of exploitation techniques, vulnerability scanning tools, and remediation validation methods.
• Experience leading or mentoring a technical team.
• Certifications: OSCP, OSCE, or GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN) required.
• CISSP or GPEN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate the enterprise vulnerability scanning, prioritization, and remediation‑validation program.
• Track known exploited vulnerabilities against applicable federal directives and drive remediation timelines.
• Plan and execute penetration testing engagements under formal Rules of Engagement, including scoping and reporting.
• Lead red and purple team exercises to validate detection and response effectiveness.
• Validate and retest completed remediation actions to confirm vulnerabilities are fully resolved.
• Develop and maintain vulnerability management policies, procedures, and reporting metrics.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of vulnerability analysts and penetration testers.
• Brief leadership on vulnerability trends, risk exposure, and offensive‑security findings.
• Coordinate with the SOC and threat intelligence functions to translate offensive findings into defensive measures.

Skills

Penetration testing

Vulnerability management

Team leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field

Tools

Vulnerability scanning tools

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a senior security leader to manage a large-scale vulnerability management and offensive security program across thousands of endpoints. You will drive penetration testing, red/purple team exercises, and remediation validation with cross‑functional teams.

You will mentor analysts, report trends to leadership, and translate offensive findings into defensive actions while aligning with federal directives and industry best practices.