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Detection Engineer
Location
Virginia
Posted
103 days ago
Salary
$91.3K - $221.1K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Detection Engineer
Accenture Federal Services
• 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).
Job 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
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