1 day ago
Boston, MA, USA +36 moreMid Level
Base Salary
$54k - $206k/yr
Responsibilities
- Conduct complex digital forensic investigations, including memory forensics, malware triage, encrypted artifact recovery, anti-forensics detection, host and network forensics, log analysis, and threat hunting.
- Use EDR solutions, cloud platforms, and threat intelligence to identify and document attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures across cloud, OT, and enterprise environments.
- Develop indicators of compromise and comprehensive, defensible attack timelines for incident response engagements.
- Design and build proprietary investigation tools, automation scripts, prototypes, and data products that accelerate forensic workflows.
- Apply AI-assisted development, generative AI, AI coding assistants, low-code platforms, and data visualization to automate triage, analysis, and reporting.
- Govern and improve tools through documentation, version control, onboarding guides, and engagement feedback.
- Interface with clients, legal counsel, and other stakeholders; write defensible investigative reports and present technical findings and tool outputs.
- Support engagement scoping with methodical and innovative approaches.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; an associate degree requires at least six years of work experience.
- At least three years of experience in DFIR and complex investigations, cybersecurity consulting, data-oriented development or analysis, and building tools used in professional practice.
- At least three years of experience with a data or development layer such as Python, PowerShell, Power BI, Power Apps/Automate, SQL, or a comparable stack.
- At least three years of experience with common DFIR toolsets, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS, memory forensics, enterprise environments, Active Directory, attack patterns, endpoint and network threat hunting, incident response frameworks, and defensible analysis.
- At least one year of experience using AI coding assistants and generative tools fluently in everyday development workflows, along with Azure and cloud-native architectures.
- Preferred qualifications include cloud forensics across AWS, Azure, and GCP; OT/ICS experience; malware unpacking, deobfuscation, behavior analysis, or reverse engineering; and AI governance or responsible-use experience.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.
- Travel may be required and can range from 0% to 100% depending on business and client needs.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services firm providing management consulting, systems integration and technology, cybersecurity, and business process outsourcing for enterprises and governments. It operates a services-driven model delivering projects and managed services, often with major cloud and software partners, across industries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin and publicly traded on the NYSE (ACN), it originated as Andersen Consulting and adopted the Accenture name in 2001.