Cyber Threat Sr. Analyst

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We are:
Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, VA, San Antonio, TX, and St. Louis, MO. Accenture's federal business has served every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.

We believe that great outcomes are everything. It’s what drives us to turn bold ideas into breakthrough solutions. By combining digital technologies with what works across the world’s leading businesses, we use agile approaches to help clients solve their toughest problems fast—the first time. So, you can deliver what matters most.

Count on us to help you embrace new ways of working, building for change and put customers at the core. A wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, we bring over 30 years of experience serving the federal government, including every cabinet-level department. Our 9,000 dedicated colleagues and change makers work with our clients at the heart of the nation’s priorities in defense, intel, public safety, health and civilian to help you make a difference for the people you employ, serve and protect.

You are:
As a Security Vulnerability or Cyber Threat Intelligence professional with experience in vulnerability intelligence and risk mitigation, you will be responsible for developing various written products on evaluating vulnerability intelligence or developing tailored mitigation strategies, improvement plans, and actionable insights based on vulnerabilities identified through various open and closed source data sets. Your expertise will contribute to the enhancement of the customer’s and its ecosystem partners cybersecurity posture by identifying, acquiring, and verifying data requirements to facilitate thorough analysis.

The Work:

• Identifying and verifying data requirements to support comprehensive analysis and analytic functions.
• Review of vulnerability data to identify and prioritize findings and remediation efforts.
• Performing open-source research to identify vulnerabilities using common vulnerability intelligence and vulnerability management applications.
• Conduct research and analysis of technical vulnerabilities including evaluating prevalence, exploitability, and cyber threat actor affiliations.
• Draft, review, and edit written products for distribution within the customer’s organization and external to customer ecosystem partners communicating vulnerability intelligence analysis and risk mitigation recommendations.
• Assist in defining requirements, designing, and building security components and testing efforts  
• Developing customized mitigation strategies and improvement plans based on completed cybersecurity assessments.

Here's what you need:

• 1+ years of experience in Cyber Security and/or IT
• Ability to implement or evaluate intelligence against one or more of the following threat intelligence frameworks, Cyber Kill Chain, Hunt Exposure, MITRE ATT&CK, or MITRE D3FEND.
• Technical reporting & writing experience in the areas of Vulnerability and/or Cyber Threat Intelligence

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience related to cyber intelligence or analysis and conducting intelligence analysis in the US intelligence community
• Experience performing system or network administration
• Experience with the following tools: CSAM, XACTA, eMASS
• You have one or more of the following certifications:
• CompTIA Security+
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• Certified Authorization Professional (CAP)
• Cyber Threat Intelligence certifications

 

Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides a reasonable ran