Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative and creative global work environment where you will be exposed to and you can excel at challenging and interesting work that will make a real difference to our clients. With Accenture’s integrated global organisation, resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver extraordinary results.

All of our professionals receive comprehensive training covering business, technical and professional skills development. You will have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in Cyber Security as part of our global security practice. The sheer variety and scale of work we do, and the experience it offers, provides an unbeatable platform to build and prosper your career. In addition, our growth, combined with our integrated career counselling, offers great opportunities for your professional development and rapid advancement.

Description

Accenture’s Security Practice is one of the fastest growing areas of the business with significant growth plans through additional recruitment and acquisitions. We are seeking a Cyber Defense Subject Matter Expert (CL9) to deliver advanced detection, response, and engineering capabilities across endpoint, network, SIEM, and SOC operations. This role strengthens client cyber defense postures through proactive monitoring, threat hunting, and technical leadership in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), SIEM platforms, and firewall technologies.defense postures through proactive monitoring, threat hunting, and technical leadership in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), SIEM platforms, and firewall technologies.

What will be expected of you?

• Lead detection, monitoring, and response activities across SIEM, EDR, and NDR capabilities.

• Provide expertise in SIEM engineering and content development, including use case creation and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.

• Support SOC operations by guiding L1/L2 analysts and participating in threat hunting.

• Ensure effective firewall governance, including configuration reviews and tuning across traditional, NGFW, cloud, and OT firewalls.

• Engage in cyber defense improvement initiatives including SIEM/SOC uplift, telemetry improvements, and operational monitoring.defense improvement initiatives including SIEM/SOC uplift, telemetry improvements, and operational monitoring.

• Assist in architecture and resilience of security tooling across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, NDR, IDS/IPS, and firewalls.

You will have some or all the following skills and experiences:

• Expertise with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE).

• Handson experience with SIEM platforms including log ingestion, correlation, and detection logic.

• Strong understanding of firewalls (packet filtering, stateful inspection, NGFW, cloud firewalls).

• Experience across cyber defense tooling ecosystems (SOAR, EDR, NDR, IDS/IPS, vulnerability management).defense tooling ecosystems (SOAR, EDR, NDR, IDS/IPS, vulnerability management).

• Strong analytical skills for network traffic, logs, threats, and anomaly analysis.

• Strong communication skills for working across SOC, engineering, and client teams.

• Advantageous to have any of the following security certifications: CISM, CompTIA Security+, and relevant Microsoft certifications.

Benefits

Working at Accenture means joining a company that prides itself on being Truly Human. In addition to a competitive base salary, you’ll also have an extensive benefits package that includes

• Pension

• Private health insurance

• Discounted gym membership

• Emergency caring facilities

• 2 days’ leave per year for charitable work of your choice

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 centers. Our 674,000 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 accenture.com

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
Visit us at www.accenture.com

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities