SecOps Modernization & Agentic SOC Manager

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

11d•$80,400 - $293,800

About The Position

Accenture Security is hiring a manager in its Cyber Resilience & Defense practice to help clients improve security operations center (SOC) capabilities and defend against the evolving AI-enabled threat landscape. The manager leads workstreams or full engagement programs, applies specialized expertise in one or more SOC domains, and works with senior client stakeholders. The role translates defensive security requirements into clear, business-relevant narratives for director and C-suite audiences. The manager also helps develop and scale Accenture’s security operations modernization offerings, including assets, accelerators, methodologies, and delivery capabilities. The role involves mentoring team members, building trusted client and technology-partner relationships, contributing to go-to-market and sales efforts, and advising clients on securing AI systems deployed within the SOC. Travel may be required, ranging from 25% to 100% depending on business needs and client requirements.

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience in security operations across multiple domains.
At least 3 years of experience in one or more of the following: designing, optimizing, and assessing log ingestion architectures; business development with a proven track record, including $2M or more in annual bookings or pipeline ownership; threat intelligence frameworks and detection engineering methodologies; or a leading SIEM/SOAR platform.
At least 2 years in a leadership role in a SOC, Security Architecture, or equivalent consulting role.
At least 1 year of experience in at least one Secure AI, Agentic coding, AI architecture, or AI governance framework.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) of work experience. If the candidate has an associate’s degree, at least 6 years of work experience is required.
Executive communication skills and the ability to distill technical complexity for C-suite audiences.
Travel may be required, ranging from 25% to 100%, depending on business needs and client requirements.
Applicants for US employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Advanced credentials such as GCIA, GDET, GCIH, CISSP, CISM, or similar executive-level certifications.
Ability to collaborate across diverse communities, including domain experts, engineers, and designers.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end SOC modernization engagements, from current-state assessment through target-state design, technology selection, and implementation oversight.
Develop SOC maturity roadmaps, operating models, staffing models, and playbook frameworks tailored to client environments.
Lead and quality-assure threat detection engineering, triage workflow redesign, and metrics/KPI framework development.
Lead the integration of SIEM, SOAR, TIP, EDR, NDR, and UEBA platforms as part of modernization programs.
Collaborate with project teams, team leaders, project delivery leads, and client stakeholders to create technology-partner-powered capabilities.
Build and maintain relationships with technology partners, including Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, and Google SecOps, to support go-to-market efforts.
Build and scale the SOC modernization offering, including methodologies, toolkits, frameworks such as NIST and ISO, and accelerators.
Advise clients on LLM-specific attack surfaces, including prompt injection, model poisoning, and data exfiltration vectors, and on securing AI systems deployed within the SOC.
Develop and mentor senior consultants, managers, and architects on the team.
Collaborate with adjacent domains, including Cloud Security, Identity, CTEM, and AI security, to deliver integrated client solutions.
Develop strong client relationships and gain the trust of key advisors.
Develop business cases for technology solutions recommended to clients.
Contribute to Accenture sales efforts as needed.