Senior Cyber Incident Response Investigator (all genders)

At Accenture, you will be able to bring your innovative vision to the very heart of change, transforming entire market sectors. Shape the future of business and technology by developing cutting-edge solutions capable of generating new value.

Your Mission

You support organizations worldwide in managing and resolving severe cyber incidents. Using your forensic and incident response expertise, you help uncover root causes, contain threats, and restore trust in critical environments.
At Accenture, you shape the environment in which you thrive – with ways of working that suit you. You stay flexible and become part of a team full of unique individuals who make a difference together.

Your Daily Work

Join our international network of Security professionals. You will work with innovative technologies on exciting projects, developing solutions to manage data securely. In particular, you will be able to:

• Investigate and respond to cyber incidents
  You analyze security intrusions end‑to‑end to determine root causes, scope, and impact, using EDR solutions, SIEM data, and threat intelligence sources.

• Perform forensics and malware analysis
  You conduct host, network, and log forensics as well as static and dynamic malware analysis to support effective cyber incident response across platforms.

• Drive threat hunting and attacker analysis
  You proactively hunt for advanced threats, map attacker behavior to established TTP frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK), and develop high‑confidence indicators of compromise. You use adversary insights to strengthen detections, improve response playbooks, and reduce dwell time.

• Strengthen security through remediation and testing
  You develop and implement remediation plans and validate incident readiness through simulations and tabletop exercises.

• Work closely with clients in a project environment
  You collaborate directly with clients, including on‑site work when required, and remain flexible regarding travel depending on business and project needs.

Who you are

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related fields

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in cyber security, especially cyber defense and resilience, functional and technical experience required

• Solid hands-on experience in incident response, digital forensics and security operations (e.g. EDR, SIEM) with the ability to identify, analyze and respond to security incidents across different environments

• Good understanding of network traffic analysis and common Cybersecurity tools to detect and investigate threats

• Certifications such as BTL1, CISM, CISSP or SANS GIAC are a plus, as well as initial experience working with clients in a consulting environment

• Your German and English skills are excellent, both spoken and written

What We Offer

• Flexible working models

• Experienced mentors and project leaders who’ll guide you along the way

• Extensive training and development offers

• Interesting career opportunities

• Workplace culture that supports diversity & inclusion

Life at Accenture

In this role, you will be part of Accenture Security. Our mission is to secure the world by delivering on our promise of technology and human ingenuity. With services ranging from strategy and consulting to implementation and operations, we support our clients as a trusted partner throughout the security process.

The Accenture Culture: Here, YOU are the catalyst for change

Your unique combination of skills, personality, and aspirations sets you apart. When distinct talents, strengths, and perspectives merge, the result is nothing short of extraordinary: ideas that propel the world forward. This is we champion diversity and personal development at Accenture. Create a working environment where you truly thrive; with responsibilities that resonate deeply; and methods that are tailored to your objectives. How you wish to connect, further your development, and personally evolve rests in your hands. This is your career. We are mere facilitators, helping you shape it exactly as you envision.

Contact Us

Any questions? Contact us our recruiting team via email at [email protected]. We look forward to your application.

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.

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