Accenture
Attack Sensing & Warning Analyst Senior
$110K–$214K
Leesburg, VA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- Leesburg, VA
Leesburg, Virginia, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of experience, with a BS or MS degree; also specifies 5 years of professional experience in security, information risk management, or information systems risk assessment (Tier 3 specialization).
- Education
- BS or MS degree.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must have US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.
About the job
Leads analysis of high-severity security events and helps shape SOC detection, response, and improvement strategies for a federal agency.
What you'll do
- Analyze complex security events across SIEM, network, cloud, and endpoint systems; preserve evidence and chain of custody up to Top Secret.
- Mentor analysts, provide shift technical leadership, and recommend security content such as signatures and detection rules.
- Lead incident retrospectives and partner with threat intelligence and hunting teams to validate and operationalize indicators of compromise.
What they ask for
- US citizenship.
- 5 years of professional experience in security, information risk management, or information systems risk assessment (Tier 3 specialization).
- Deep knowledge of the listed security domains, including incident response, protocol analysis, and advanced threat protection.
- One or more of CASP+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, GCED.
Nice to have
- Advanced SIEM query/correlation-rule authoring skills.
- Experience leading incident retrospectives or shift leadership in a 24x7 operations environment.
Pay
$109,500 — $213,500 USD base salary
Tools
SIEM
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