Cyber Intelligence Operations Analyst

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. Our 506,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com .

We Are

Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond and recover along all points of the security lifecycle. Cybersecurity challenges are different for every business in every industry. Leveraging our global resources and advanced technologies, we create integrated, turnkey solutions tailored to our clients' needs across their entire value chain. Whether we're defending against known cyberattacks, detecting and responding to the unknown, or running an entire security operations center, we will help companies build cyber resilience to grow with confidence. Our team of the security sector's brightest people use the coolest tech to out-hack the hackers and help clients build resilience from within. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle.

You Are
A Cyber Intelligence Operations Analyst within Accenture's Security practice. You will work in a world class group to research and respond to today's most relevant threats. The responsibilities of this role include researching and reporting on developments in the threat landscape, building network and endpoint detections, and coordinating internal teams to best defend our customers.

The Work (Role Responsibility)
· Researching, understanding, and developing responses to cyber threats
· Writing, editing, and publishing technical reports
· Developing and deploying network and endpoint detections to support a Security Operations Center analysis team
· Performing data analysis to optimize SOC procedures
· Prioritize and remediate internal maintenance requests to ensure a well-run global analytics platform
· Assist in the coordination and implementation of major detection enhancements to SOC analytics
· Coordinating analysis teams to best educate on and respond to developments in the Threat Landscape
· Developing policies and procedures for handling security incidents

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Here's What You Need (Basic Qualifications)
·  Minimum 2 years of IT security experience – focused on intrusion detection/network security monitoring and/or working with cyber threat intelligence
·  Minimum 1 year technical writing ability
·  Minimum 2 years researching security threats and developing detection mechanisms to defend against them
·  Minimum 2 years in computer networking fundamentals, including a detailed understanding of TCP/IP and other core Internet protocols.
Bonus Points If (Preferred Skills)
·  The ability to express themselves clearly and demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills
·  A strong understanding of the information security threat landscape, including detailed technical knowledge about the most prevalent threat groups, malware, attack methods, and vulnerabilities
·  Experience researching complex technical subject matter, and clearly documenting the results/key findings for others to review.
·  Experience working with clients, preferably in an operational environment.
·  One or more of the following certifications is desired: CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, GCFA.
·  Technically inquisitive nature with a fearless approach to defending against the latest and greatest cyber threats
·  Hands-on experience with market-leading security products, including any of the following intrusion detection systems (Snort/SourceFire, IBM Proventia/ISS, McAfee IntruShield) and firewalls (CheckPoint, Cisco PIX)

You will also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.