Detection & Threat Hunt Analyst - Cheltenham

Location: Cheltenham

Position: Specialist or Associate Manager

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse abilities and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

As a team, in this role, you will serve as a senior technical point of escalation (T3), mentor junior analysts, drive service improvements, and ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality threat detection and response services to our clients. You will also act as a technical SME, directly engaging with clients, delivering reporting and supporting internal teams to uphold and enhance our security posture.

Key Responsibilities

• Tier 3 Support: Act as the point of technical escalation where required for complex security incidents, investigations, and operational issues within the SOC.
• Continuous Service Improvement: Identify and implement enhancements to SOC tools, workflows, and playbooks to increase detection accuracy, reduce response time, and improve analyst efficiency.
• Mentoring & Training: Lead the development and continuous training of Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts, enhancing their technical capabilities and incident response skills.
• Quality Assurance (QA) Review: Conduct regular QA assessments on case handling, documentation, and resolution quality to ensure consistency and compliance with SOC standards.
• Reporting: Create and deliver actionable and client-tailored reporting, including incident summaries, threat trends, and operational performance metrics.
• Client Engagement: Act as a trusted technical advisor for clients, providing subject matter expertise, regular updates, and contributing to security strategy discussions.
• Tuning Requests Validation: Review and validate security detection tuning requests to ensure accuracy and effectiveness while minimising false positives and coverage gaps.
• Threat Hunting / Use Case (TH/UC) Team Support: Collaborate with the TH/UC team to support their development of new detection use cases, validate threat hypotheses, and integrate threat intelligence into operations.
• Out-of-Hours On-Call Support: Participate in the on-call rotation, providing expert-level support during security incidents outside of regular business hours.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, colour, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Accenture reserves the right to close the role should a suitable applicant be found.

Closing date for applications 25/02/26.