Cyber Security Analyst - Remote

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. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle.

You Are
A cyber security enthusiast. You’ve got the skills and experience to keep data safe from attackers or other threats, whether building a new detection or sharing your latest ideas with the team. Day-to-day, you’re all about solving security problems for clients and using your people skills to make sure everyone on your team is working well and happily.

The Work

• Research new threats and ensure appropriate detection capabilities are in place to identify and respond to these threats.
• Perform investigations and respond to threats using industry leading EDR tools.
• Articulate security issues to clients, both verbally and written.
• Write up security incident reports detailing the threat, its characteristics, and possible remediation activities.
• Developing knowledge of security technologies, cyber-attacks and vulnerabilities.
• Monitor and analyze log data, network traffic and/or alerts generated by a variety of security technologies in real-time; escalate and explain validated security incidents to customers.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Work with your team through difficult or complex issues.
• Manage and track client issues and requests.
• Understanding of current vulnerabilities, attacks and countermeasures.
• Support other teams as needed
• Investigate attacks against customer networks.
• Routinely review security incidents and other customer deliverables for adherence to the established procedures and guidelines. Document, rectify, and provide feedback to other analysts as necessary.

This position is assigned to a rotating shift schedule between the hours of 8am-9pm est.

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