Cyber Threat Hunt Analyst
Accenture Federal Services
$109,500 - $224,200 / year
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Description
We are seeking a Cyber Threat Hunt Analyst to provide subject-matter expertise on a federal agency's proactive threat hunting mission. You will lead complex hunt missions, mentor junior hunters, and deploy to remote and air-gapped environments to extend security visibility across the agency's most sensitive systems. You will also be a key contributor to the team's long-term hunt roadmap, helping decide which threat actors, TTPs, and environments deserve the next hunt mission's focus.
Key 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.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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.
Required Certifications:
- One or more: CASP+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, GCED
As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
About this role
Accenture Federal Services is looking for a senior threat hunting professional to lead proactive security missions across federal agency networks, including sensitive and air-gapped systems. This role demands someone with at least seven years of hands-on incident detection, malware analysis, or forensics work, plus a decade of related experience overall. You'll design and execute complex hunt operations, synthesize threat intelligence into advanced hypotheses about attacker behavior, and mentor junior analysts in hunt methodology and tradecraft. The position also involves collaborating with penetration testing teams on Purple Team exercises, authoring findings for executive audiences, and helping shape the team's strategic priorities on which threats and environments to target next.
This is a remote position based in Washington, DC, requiring US citizenship and one of several advanced security certifications (CASP+, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, or GCED). The salary range is $154,200 to $190,300. You should have a proven track record mentoring others and ideally experience with operational technology, industrial control systems, or hunting in disconnected environments. The role sits within a 13,000-person federal services division at Accenture that focuses on defense, national security, and public safety missions.
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