Threat-Informed Defense Lead, Security Architecture

Accenture; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 133,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Threat Informed Defense Senior Manager to lead the technical and engineering core of a global threat intelligence program within its security practice.

You will own the capability that turns intelligence into defensive outcomes—structuring, normalizing, and operationalizing threat data for detection, hunting, and response across Accenture's managed security stacks and client environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in cyber threat intelligence, threat-informed defense, detection engineering, threat hunting, or security operations.
• Minimum 5 years of leading technical teams (second-line leadership).
• 5+ years working knowledge of TIP, SIEM, SOAR, and EDR and how intelligence is operationalized across them.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with structured threat data and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical and engineering core of a global threat intelligence program.
• Define how threat data is structured and consumed across security tools.
• Assess client programs and implement architecture and standards for machine-consumable intelligence.

Skills

Threat-informed defense

Threat intelligence

Detection engineering

Threat hunting

Security operations

Leadership

MITRE ATT&CK

TIP

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Advanced degree preferred

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 threat intelligence program within its security practice.

You will own the capability that turns intelligence into defensive outcomes—structuring, normalizing, and operationalizing threat data for detection, hunting, and response across Accenture's managed security stacks and client environments.