About the Role
As a Public Sector SME within the IIA team, you will research, analyze, and produce finished intelligence on cyber threats targeting Public Sector verticals. You will monitor emerging threat actors, develop research projects on threat actor TTPs, and produce written intelligence reports and briefings. You will also collaborate with analysts, present findings, support sales efforts, and continue to develop expertise. Travel may be required from 0% to 25%.
Responsibilities
- Research, analyze, and produce finished intelligence on cyber threats targeting Public Sector verticals — including Aerospace and Defense, Public Safety and Defense, Education, and local, state, and federal Government sectors
- Monitor and assess emerging cyber threat actors, threat groups, and campaigns with demonstrated relevance to Public Sector clients and stakeholders
- Develop and maintain short- and long-term research projects that track threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and broader geopolitical conditions affecting Public Sector cybersecurity posture
- Produce written intelligence reports, threat assessments, and executive-level briefings tailored to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Collaborate with peer analysts and industry specialists across the IIA team to ensure cross-vertical intelligence, integration and consistency
- Present findings through formal briefings, external engagements, and client-facing deliverables
- Support Accenture sales and business development efforts as a subject matter expert, including participation in proposals and client conversations
- Continue to grow and develop technical cyber intelligence and Public Sector domain expertise
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in cybersecurity, with demonstrated focus on cyber threat intelligence, threat analysis, or related discipline
- Minimum of 4 years of specialized experience in at least one Public Sector vertical: Aerospace and Defense, Public Safety and Defense, Education, or local/state/federal Government
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience and demonstrated expertise in cyber threat intelligence production, including: Experience tracking and analyzing Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups, cybercriminal actors, and hacktivist activity relevant to Public Sector targets
- Proficiency in intelligence tradecraft, including source evaluation, analytic confidence assessment, and structured analytic techniques (e.g., ACH, key assumptions checks)
- Experience authoring finished intelligence products — threat reports, situational assessments, and executive briefings — for diverse audiences
- Minimum of 4 years of experience with government cybersecurity frameworks, policies, and initiatives (e.g., CISA directives, NIST CSF, CMMC, FedRAMP, EO 14028)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Cyber threat intelligence
- Threat analysis
- Public Sector domain expertise
- Intelligence tradecraft
- Source evaluation
- Analytic confidence assessment
- Structured analytic techniques
- ACH
- Key assumptions checks
- Threat reports authoring
- Situational assessments authoring
- Executive briefings authoring
- Government cybersecurity frameworks
- Government cybersecurity policies
- Government cybersecurity initiatives
- CISA directives
- NIST CSF
- CMMC
- FedRAMP
- EO 14028
- Team lead experience
- Cyber threat intelligence platforms
- Cyber threat intelligence tooling
- Recorded Future
- Mandiant Advantage
- MISP
- OpenCTI
- MITRE ATT&CK
- CISSP
- CISA
- CEH
- GCTI
- GREM
- External client-facing consulting
- External client-facing advisory
- Open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection
- Open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis
Work Type
- Travel may be required (0-25%)
Experience Level
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in cybersecurity
- Minimum of 4 years of specialized experience in at least one Public Sector vertical
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience and demonstrated expertise in cyber threat intelligence production
- Minimum of 4 years of experience with government cybersecurity frameworks, policies, and initiatives
- Minimum 12 years work experience (if Bachelor's degree)
- Minimum 6 years work experience (if Associate's Degree)
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience
- Associate's Degree (minimum 6 years work experience)
About the Company
- 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
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