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# Cyber Threat Hunt Analyst

- **Company:** Accenture
- **Location:** Leesburg, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $109,500.0 - $224,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software System Penetration Testing, Computer Networks, Computer Forensics, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Malware, Cyber Threat Analysis, Purple Team (Cyber Security)
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_accentureghi3-4718527006

## About the Role

Required Qualifications & Experience: + US Citizenship + 10+ years of related experience; BS degree (or 4 additional years as substitute) + A minimum of seven (7) years of incident detection/response, malware analysis, or cyber forensics experience (or bachelor's degree plus five (5) years). + Extensive experience analyzing and synthesizing intelligence, mentoring others, and fusing computer network attack analyses with counterintelligence/law-enforcement investigations.
Preferred Qualifications: + Track record of leading Purple Team engagements or advanced adversary emulation exercises. + Experience with OT/ICS or air-gapped environment hunting. + Prior mentorship or informal team-lead experience within a threat hunt function.

## Description

We are seeking a Cyber Threat Hunt Analyst to provide subject-matter expertise on a federal agency's proactive threat hunting mission.
You will lead complex hunt missions, mentor junior hunters, and deploy to remote and air-gapped environments to extend security visibility across the agency's most sensitive systems.
You will also be a key contributor to the team's long-term hunt roadmap, helping decide which threat actors, TTPs, and environments deserve the next hunt mission's focus.
Key Responsibilities: + Lead complex threat hunting missions against enterprise networks, systems, and high value assets, including deployments using the CTH Fly-Away Kit (FAK). + Fuse Threat Intelligence and prior hunt findings to formulate advanced attacker-activity hypotheses. + Mentor junior and mid-level hunt analysts in hunt methodology and tradecraft. + Drive creation of new detection content resulting from hunt missions and Purple Team engagements. + Author Executive Summaries and Situation Reports for extended hunt missions. + Serve as technical lead for Purple Team engagements, coordinating with the Penetration Testing Team and Detection Engineering. + Contribute to the CTH team's long-term hunt roadmap and prioritization of hunt targets. + Represent the CTH team in security observation reviews and cross-functional findings discussions.