Mid-Level Incident Response Analyst

Accenture Federal Services; Leesburg (VA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

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 tools, identifying root causes and producing documentation for investigators and stakeholders.

You will coordinate with system owners, ISSOs, and forensics to bring cases to a well-documented close while mentoring junior analysts and contributing to post-incident security improvements.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required for federal work.
• 3+ years of professional experience in information system security incidents (Tier 1).
• 1+ year of experience in network or UNIX/Linux admin, software development, or related field.
• BS degree or 4 years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Respond to information system security incidents using government-furnished toolset to identify root causes.
• Produce required documentation and possible evidence for authorized personnel.
• 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 security posture.
• Coordinate directly with system owners and ISSOs during containment and remediation activities.
• Support email trace, purge, and data spillage sanitization per established procedures.
• Mentor junior CIRT analysts on evidence handling and case documentation standards.

Skills

Incident response

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Threat intelligence

Communication

Mentoring

Education

BS degree or equivalent

Tools

EDR platforms

Job description

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 tools, identifying root causes and producing documentation for investigators and stakeholders.

You will coordinate with system owners, ISSOs, and forensics to bring cases to a well-documented close while mentoring junior analysts and contributing to post-incident security improvements.