Cyber Threat Hunt Analyst

Accenture Federal Services•Washington, DC

2d•$154,200 - $190,300

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our mission is to help the US federal government strengthen the nation, enhance safety, and improve citizens' lives. We are a technology company within the global Accenture network, comprising over 13,000 employees dedicated to leveraging technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we foster a collaborative and supportive community that empowers individuals to grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Join us to drive positive, lasting change that advances missions and the government forward. We are seeking a Cyber Threat Hunt Analyst to provide subject-matter expertise for a federal agency's proactive threat hunting mission. In this role, you will lead complex hunt missions, mentor junior analysts, and deploy to remote and air-gapped environments to expand security visibility across the agency's most sensitive systems. You will also be instrumental in shaping the team's long-term hunt roadmap, influencing the focus of future hunt missions on specific threat actors, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), and environments.

Requirements

US Citizenship
10+ years of related experience; BS degree (or 4 additional years as substitute)
A minimum of seven (7) years of incident detection/response, malware analysis, or cyber forensics experience (or bachelor's degree plus five (5) years).
Extensive experience analyzing and synthesizing intelligence, mentoring others, and fusing computer network attack analyses with counterintelligence/law-enforcement investigations.
One or more: CASP+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, GCED

Nice To Haves

Track record of leading Purple Team engagements or advanced adversary emulation exercises.
Experience with OT/ICS or air-gapped environment hunting.
Prior mentorship or informal team-lead experience within a threat hunt function.

Responsibilities

Lead complex threat hunting missions against enterprise networks, systems, and high value assets, including deployments using the CTH Fly-Away Kit (FAK).
Fuse Threat Intelligence and prior hunt findings to formulate advanced attacker-activity hypotheses.
Mentor junior and mid-level hunt analysts in hunt methodology and tradecraft.
Drive creation of new detection content resulting from hunt missions and Purple Team engagements.
Author Executive Summaries and Situation Reports for extended hunt missions.
Serve as technical lead for Purple Team engagements, coordinating with the Penetration Testing Team and Detection Engineering.
Contribute to the CTH team's long-term hunt roadmap and prioritization of hunt targets.
Represent the CTH team in security observation reviews and cross-functional findings discussions.