Detection Engineer

🕒 March 4

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $91.3k - $221.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Accenture Federal Services

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2017

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏛️ Government

Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Government

Accenture Federal Services is a division of Accenture that focuses on delivering technology and consulting services to the U. S. federal government. With capabilities in cloud, cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence, digital engineering, and emerging technologies, Accenture Federal Services supports federal agencies in achieving mission-critical outcomes through innovation and technological advancement. The company emphasizes building secure, scalable solutions, enhancing decision-making with data-driven insights, and transforming digital infrastructures to meet complex governmental needs. By leveraging advanced R&D and human-centered design, they aim to improve the performance and resilience of government operations.

📋 Description

• Design, engineer, and implement security detection initiatives under the cybersecurity team lead. • Develop new detection logic for SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel) and network security platforms (Cisco FirePower, IDS/IPS), incorporating AI-driven tooling where applicable. • Write and optimize KQL queries for Sentinel to improve detection fidelity and reduce false positives. • Tune detection sets to raise security-relevant events for triage and response teams. • Maintain version control of detection logic using Git and GitHub workflows for collaborative development and auditability. • Bridge the gap between network engineering and cybersecurity teams to advocate for secure network designs and maximize security device capabilities. • Conduct technical briefings to enhance team awareness of network architecture and detection strategies. • Collaborate with operations and management to recommend improvements to security posture and ensure compliance with industry and federal standards (e.g., NIST, CISA).

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience) • 6 + years experience in information security or equivalent combination of education and work experience • 2+ years experience performing event and log analysis across enterprise security tools (AV, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Active Directory, Web Proxies, DLP, SIEM) • Hands-on experience with: • Microsoft Sentinel & KQL (minimum 1 year) • Cisco FirePower and IDS/IPS configuration (minimum 1 year) • SIEM platforms (Sentinel preferred) • Detection engineering: designing and tuning signatures for IoCs and IoAs • Packet and malware analysis using tools like Wireshark • Git and GitHub for detection code version control and collaborative workflows • Scripting and parsing (regex, PowerShell, Python, grep, sed, awk) • TCP/IP, application layer protocols, and Windows/Linux internals • MITRE ATT&CK framework for detection mapping

🏖️ Benefits

• Reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs • Wide variety of benefits