Senior Manager, SecOps Modernization & AI-Driven SOC

Accenture PLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 151,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking a Senior Manager in Cyber Resilience & Defense to lead end-to-end SOC modernization engagements for clients, including current-state assessments, target-state design, and implementation oversight.

You will drive SOC maturity roadmaps, operating models, and playbooks while guiding threat detection engineering, KPI frameworks, and the integration of SIEM/SOAR platforms. Strong client leadership and sales collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in security operations across multiple domains.
• Minimum 7 years in leadership roles in SOC or equivalent.
• Experience designing and optimizing log ingestion architectures.
• Proven business development with $2M+ annual bookings or pipeline ownership.
• Experience with threat intelligence frameworks and detection engineering methodologies.
• Experience with leading SIEM/SOAR platforms.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (12 years).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SOC modernization engagements from current-state to target-state design.
• Develop SOC maturity roadmaps and operating models tailored to client environments.
• Lead and quality-assure threat detection engineering and KPI frameworks.
• Oversee integration of SIEM, SOAR, TIP, EDR, NDR, and UEBA platforms in modernization programs.
• Build and maintain relationships with technology partners to support go-to-market efforts.
• Deliver and evolve SOC offerings incorporating automation and AI.

Skills

Executive communication

Client relationship management

Sales/support for proposals

Threat detection engineering

LLM security knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

Palo Alto

CrowdStrike

Google Cloud SecOps

Job description

Accenture PLC is seeking a Senior Manager in Cyber Resilience & Defense to lead end-to-end SOC modernization engagements for clients, including current-state assessments, target-state design, and implementation oversight.

You will drive SOC maturity roadmaps, operating models, and playbooks while guiding threat detection engineering, KPI frameworks, and the integration of SIEM/SOAR platforms. Strong client leadership and sales collaboration are required.