Cyber Investigations Lead

Accenture Federal Services•Leesburg, VA

About The Position

Lead the organization's systems engineering, administration, cyber security/compliance, and digital forensics initiatives to secure IT networks used for detecting and investigating cybercrimes and internal policy violations. This role involves supporting security engineering, providing ISSO-adjacent support, and conducting cyber forensic analysis, ensuring effective digital investigations and evidence management.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years of experience in system administration, network engineering, or software development focusing on Cyber Security. Alternatively, 5 years of experience with a bachelor's degree in a related field.
Minimum 7 years of professional experience in digital media forensic analysis and malware code analysis.

Nice To Haves

CISSP or CompTIA Security+ certification is preferred.
GCFE, GCFA, or EnCE certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

Advise and assist with the maintenance and engineering of the forensic network infrastructure, managing service requests via internal ticketing systems.
Administer, configure, and secure the unit's tool suite and network security architecture; provide recommendations to leadership.
Maintain SIEM infrastructure supporting data aggregation from IDS, firewalls, proxies, DLP, antivirus, and vulnerability scanners.
Monitor DLP solutions and recommend incident response handling per NIST 800-88 standards.
Design and deploy custom digital forensic builds for analysis; perform endpoint and network-based forensic analysis.
Support digital forensic investigations, document findings, and manage email-misuse cases in the case management system.
Serve as SME on evidence preservation and chain-of-custody procedures; handle advanced forensic extraction techniques.
Create and escalate cases to law enforcement as per internal policies; manage the full investigation lifecycle and update SOPs.