Role
Senior Cyber Operations Analyst
Location
London / Manchester / Bristol
Salary
Competitive salary and package dependent on experience.
Career Level
Associate Manager
Security Clearance
Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance, which typically requires 5 years of continuous UK address history with no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside the UK and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationality at the point of application.
Overview
Our Cyber Practice is a fast-growing community of industry‑leading experts covering Assurance, Compliance, Security Operations (SecOps), Offensive Security and Security Research. It is critical that the relevance and quality of the services we provide is maintained and augmented, and that the team members have every opportunity to grow and learn with the organisation.
Job Description
As part of our Blue Team, you’ll use the latest intelligence and tooling to analyse information systems to ensure effective incident detection and response. We are searching for an experienced technical Cyber Security Operations Specialist to join our Blue Team. This is a senior role, and the ideal candidate will be a self‑starter with an inquisitive nature, keen attention to detail, and a strong background in cybersecurity topics such as threat hunting, attacker tactics and techniques, monitoring and alerting, threat intelligence, and incident readiness and response.
Key Responsibilities
- Detection engineering – develop, maintain, and enhance security detection content primarily for the Splunk SIEM, to enable the detection of threats across diverse platforms (e.g. cloud, endpoints, and networks).
- Collaborate with the extended security team to identify gaps in detection coverage, log ingestion and alerting based on business risks and threats.
- Review and improve existing SecOps standards and capabilities (e.g. by highlighting requirements for additional logging, identifying incident or threat trends and detection and business‑as‑usual optimisation opportunities).
- Perform security monitoring, reviewing and triaging triggered alerts, and suggesting improvements (on a rota basis 9 AM to 5:30 PM).
- Respond to and investigate identified cyber security incidents.
- Act as a point of escalation for junior analysts, supporting them through mentorship and shadowing.
- Operate as a technical subject‑matter expert on client engagements and be prepared to interact with, and present to, senior stakeholders in a consulting capacity.
- Participate in alert testing and incident response tabletop exercises as required.
- Remain up to date with latest threat intelligence that may be of interest to our clients.
Additional Responsibilities (client dependent)
- Proactive threat hunting and tradecraft development.
- Incident response and playbook development.
- Change approvals (where applicable).
- Collection and interpretation of different sources of threat intelligence and researching emerging threats and TTPs.
- Vulnerability scanning, management and reporting.
- Opportunity to operate in a management and leadership capacity (within Accenture and on client engagements if aligned with your career goals).
Desirable Attributes
- Working knowledge of key threat intelligence concepts such as the Pyramid of Pain, Intelligence Preparation for the Cyber Environment (IPCE), and the Threat Intelligence Lifecycle.
- Detection engineering and alert development.
- Experience with scripting and programming – e.g. Python, Bash, C, C++, Java.
- Core cybersecurity concepts such as network security, cryptography, cloud security, and forensics.
- Understanding of network protocols and how they can be abused by attackers.
- Up‑to‑date knowledge of the most prevalent APTs and their TTPs.
- Knowledge of common analysis techniques associated with Windows and/or Linux.
What’s in it for you
Accenture offers a competitive basic salary and an extensive benefits package including up to 25 days of vacation per year, private medical insurance and three days of leave per year for charitable work of your choice. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first‑class services we are known for.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.
Closing Date for Applications
31/10/2025 (Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found).
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