Senior Threat-Informed Defense Leader: Detection & Response

Accenture; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 141,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Threat Informed Defense Senior Manager to lead the technical and engineering core of a global cyber threat intelligence program. You will own capabilities that turn intelligence into defensive outcomes, shaping threat data for detection, hunting, and response across Accenture's managed security stacks and client environments.

You will define how threat actors, campaigns, TTPs, and telemetry are structured and consumed across TIP, SIEM, SOAR, and EDR.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cyber threat intelligence, threat-informed defense, detection engineering, hunting, or security ops.
• 5+ years leading technical teams and second-line leadership.
• 5+ years with TIP/SIEM/SOAR/EDR integration and operationalization.
• 5+ years hands-on with structured threat data and MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Responsibilities

• Lead and influence the global threat intelligence program across security stacks.
• Define threat data structures, schemas, and normalization standards.
• Govern analytic and engineering craft to shorten adversary-to-defensive-response cycle.

Skills

Threat-informed defense

Threat intelligence

Detection engineering

Threat hunting

Security operations

MITRE ATT&CK

Data modeling

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Advanced degree (preferably CS/cybersecurity)

Tools

TIP

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Threat Informed Defense Senior Manager to lead the technical and engineering core of a global cyber threat intelligence program. You will own capabilities that turn intelligence into defensive outcomes, shaping threat data for detection, hunting, and response across Accenture's managed security stacks and client environments.

You will define how threat actors, campaigns, TTPs, and telemetry are structured and consumed across TIP, SIEM, SOAR, and EDR.