Security Managed Service Associate
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company helping the world's leading enterprises reinvent - building their digital core, unleashing the power of AI, and creating value at speed and scale. We bring together deep industry expertise, cutting-edge technology, and bold thinking to deliver outcomes that matter.
You'll join our Cyber Defense practice - the team on the front line of detecting, investigating, and responding to threats against our clients' most critical assets. This is where cybersecurity gets real: live environments, active threats, and the tools and techniques used to stay ahead of them.
Responsibilities include:
Support Security Operations Center (SOC) activities including threat monitoring, alert triage, and incident escalation workflows
Assist in threat intelligence gathering and analysis to help identify emerging attack patterns and vulnerabilities
Contribute to incident response activities - helping document, investigate, and track security events through to resolution
Support vulnerability assessments and security testing activities across client environments
Work within blended onshore and offshore defense teams, gaining exposure to how 24/7 cyber defense operates at enterprise scale
What you'll need
Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's program in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering - in the last year of their university studies
Foundational understanding of networking, threat landscapes, and security monitoring concepts
Detail-oriented and analytical - able to spot patterns and think critically under pressure
Clear communicator - comfortable documenting findings and working across technical teams
Bonus points
Hands-on exposure to SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or similar)
Familiarity with threat intelligence frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
Coursework or self-study in ethical hacking, digital forensics, or incident response
Interest in certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CEH, or Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1)
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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