Federal Incident Response Analyst – Mid Level

Accenture; Leesburg (VA); Sur place; USD 94 000 - 188 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an Incident Response Analyst to strengthen a federal agency's Cyber Incident Response Team. You will manage active investigations using government-furnished tooling, coordinating with system owners, forensics, and threat intelligence to close cases with clear documentation.

You will respond to security incidents, produce evidence and reports, and support analysis across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required.
• 3+ years of related experience.
• Minimum of one (1) year professional experience in network or UNIX/Linux system administration, software engineering, or software development, and/or a bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience responding to information system security incidents (Tier 1 specialization).

Responsabilités

• Respond to information system security incidents using the government-furnished toolset to identify and determine root causes.
• Produce required documentation and possible evidence for authorized personnel with legal or investigative authorities.
• Support advanced analysis of data file system artifacts, memory, and network logs during active incidents.
• Assist in scoping and containing compromises across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments.
• Contribute to post-incident recommendations for improving the agency's security posture.
• Coordinate directly with system owners and ISSOs during containment and remediation activities.
• Support email trace, purge, and data spillage sanitization efforts per established procedures.
• Mentor junior CIRT analysts on evidence handling and case documentation standards.

Connaissances

US Citizenship

Security incident response

Network/UNIX/Linux administration

Documentation & communication

Formation

BS degree or 4 years of experience

Outils

Government-furnished toolset

EDR platform (investigative use)

Description du poste

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an Incident Response Analyst to strengthen a federal agency's Cyber Incident Response Team. You will manage active investigations using government-furnished tooling, coordinating with system owners, forensics, and threat intelligence to close cases with clear documentation.

You will respond to security incidents, produce evidence and reports, and support analysis across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments.