Detection Engineer is open at Accenture Federal Services in Arlington, VA. The posting gives a salary of $91K - $221K. Posted on Feb 27, 2026, and still on Accenture Federal Services’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
include: Design, engineer, and implement security detection initiatives under the cybersecurity team lead. Develop new detection logic for SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel) and network security platforms (Cisco FirePower, IDS/IPS), incorporating AI-driven tooling where applicable. Write and optimize KQL queries for Sentinel to improve detection fidelity and reduce false positives. Tune detection sets to raise…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Accenture Federal Services’s careers page.
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