SecOps Modernization & Agentic SOC Sr Manager

Vibehackers; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability

401(k)

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a SecOps modernization Senior Manager to lead client engagements across SOC modernization, agentic SOC, and AI-enabled automation. You will shape target-state designs, oversee technology selections, and drive end-to-end delivery with senior stakeholders.

You will mentor consultants, develop offerings, and contribute to go-to-market efforts while guiding threat detection engineering, incident response, and SIEM/SOAR integration across hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in security operations across multiple domains.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership role in SOC, Security Architecture, or equivalent consulting roles.
• Minimum 5 years of experience on any leading SIEM/SOAR platform.
• At least 1 year of experience in Secure AI, agentic coding, AI architecture, or AI governance frameworks.
• Minimum 7 years of experience designing, optimizing, and assessing log ingestion architectures across hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
• Minimum 7 years of business development experience, including ownership of $2M+ annual bookings or pipeline.
• Minimum 7 years of experience with threat intelligence frameworks and detection engineering methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SOC modernization engagements: current-state assessment, target-state design, technology selection, and implementation oversight.
• Develop SOC maturity roadmaps, operating models, staffing models, and playbook frameworks.
• Lead and quality-assure threat detection engineering, triage workflow redesign, and metrics/KPI framework development.
• Oversee integration of SIEM, SOAR, TIP, EDR, NDR, and UEBA platforms.
• Implement detection-as-code practices, author and manage Sigma rules, build CI/CD pipelines for detection deployment, and version detection logic in source control.
• Build and maintain relationships with technology partners (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Google SecOps) to support go-to-market efforts.
• Deliver and evolve SOC offerings that incorporate automation and AI, including AI-enabled playbooks and agents.
• Create incident response runbooks and facilitate automation using AI capabilities.
• Advise clients on securing AI systems and LLM-specific attack surfaces.
• Define delivery standards, mentor senior consultants/managers/architects, and collaborate across Cloud Security, Identity, CTEM, and AI security domains.
• Contribute to business development and pitch on sales efforts as needed.

Skills

SOC modernization

Threat detection

Executive communication

Leadership

Business development

Incident response

AI security

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

Sigma rules

EDR

NDR

UEBA

Job description

SecOps Modernization & Agentic SOC Sr Manager

Uses AI and agentic SOC concepts; involves agentic coding and securing LLMs, detection-as-code, and AI-enabled automation.

About the Role

Senior Manager leading SOC modernization and agentic SOC initiatives, responsible for end-to-end delivery of assessments, target-state design, technology selection, and implementation oversight. The role advises senior client stakeholders, drives detection-as-code and AI-enabled automation, mentors teams, and supports business development.

Job Description

Role

Senior Manager in Security Operations (SecOps) Modernization and Agentic SOC responsible for leading client engagements to modernize Security Operations Centers (SOCs). Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, drive sales pursuits from RFP/RFI to Statements of Work, and develop Accenture’s SOC modernization offerings and accelerators.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SOC modernization engagements: current-state assessment, target-state design, technology selection, and implementation oversight.
• Develop SOC maturity roadmaps, operating models, staffing models, and playbook frameworks.
• Lead and quality-assure threat detection engineering, triage workflow redesign, and metrics/KPI framework development.
• Oversee integration of SIEM, SOAR, TIP, EDR, NDR, and UEBA platforms.
• Implement detection-as-code practices, author and manage Sigma rules, build CI/CD pipelines for detection deployment, and version detection logic in source control.
• Build and maintain relationships with technology partners (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Google SecOps) to support go-to-market efforts.
• Deliver and evolve SOC offerings that incorporate automation and AI, including AI-enabled playbooks and agents.
• Create incident response runbooks and facilitate automation using AI capabilities.
• Advise clients on securing AI systems and LLM-specific attack surfaces (prompt injection, model poisoning, data exfiltration).
• Define delivery standards, mentor senior consultants/managers/architects, and collaborate across Cloud Security, Identity, CTEM, and AI security domains.
• Contribute to business development and pitch on sales efforts as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in security operations across multiple domains.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership role in SOC, Security Architecture, or equivalent consulting roles.
• Minimum 5 years of experience on any leading SIEM/SOAR platform.
• At least 1 year of experience in Secure AI, agentic coding, AI architecture, or AI governance frameworks.
• Minimum 7 years of experience designing, optimizing, and assessing log ingestion architectures, including normalization schemas, parsing logic, and data routing strategies across hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
• Minimum 7 years of business development experience, including ownership of $2M+ annual bookings or pipeline.
• Minimum 7 years of experience with threat intelligence frameworks and detection engineering methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (or equivalent years of experience per posting rules).
• Strong executive communication skills and the ability to distill technical complexity for C-suite audiences.

Preferred / Bonus

• Advanced credentials such as GCIA, GDET, GCIH, CISSP, CISM or similar.
• Experience building client relationships and working across diverse communities (domain experts, engineers, designers).

Travel & Other

• Travel may be required; varies from 25% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.
• Compensation ranges provided by location (U.S. state-level salary ranges).
• Accenture offers a suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability, 401(k), bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Skills

Security Operations Threat Detection Engineering Incident Response Detection-as-Code Executive Communication Client Engagement Leadership Team Mentoring Business Development Vendor/Partner Management Project Delivery Metrics and KPI Development Security Architecture Log Ingestion & Normalization Threat Intelligence