Incident Response Analyst Mid

About the role

We are seeking an Incident Response Analyst to strengthen a federal agency's Cyber Incident Response Team. You will independently manage active investigations, using government-furnished tooling to identify root causes and produce documentation supporting security investigators. You will typically own several concurrent cases at a time, coordinating with system owners, forensics, and threat intelligence as needed to bring each one to a clean, well-documented close.

Responsibilities

• Respond to information system security incidents using the government-furnished toolset to identify and determine root causes.
• Produce required documentation and possible evidence for authorized personnel with legal or investigative authorities.
• Support advanced analysis of data file system artifacts, memory, and network logs during active incidents.
• Assist in scoping and containing compromises across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments.
• Contribute to post-incident recommendations for improving the agency's security posture.
• Coordinate directly with system owners and ISSOs during containment and remediation activities.
• Support email trace, purge, and data spillage sanitization efforts per established procedures.
• Mentor junior CIRT analysts on evidence handling and case documentation standards.

Requirements

US Citizenship; 3+ years of related experience; BS degree (or 4 years of additional experience); minimum of one (1) year professional experience in network or UNIX/Linux system administration, software engineering, or software development, and/or a bachelor's degree in a related field; minimum of three (3) years of professional experience responding to information system security incidents (Tier 1 specialization).

Skills

Nice to have: experience owning multiple concurrent incident investigations from triage through closure; working knowledge of at least one EDR platform in an investigative capacity; demonstrated ability to communicate technical findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required Certifications: One or more of CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, GSEC, SSCP.

Benefits

Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits; see the provided link for more information.

Pay

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable compensation ranges based on labor costs in CA, CO, CT, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MN, NJ, NY, OH, VT, VA, WA, and DC. The base pay range for this position in those locations is $94,000—$187,600 USD; actual compensation varies by office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.