SecOps Modernization & Agentic SOC Sr Manager

We are We are a global collective of innovators applying the New every day to improve the way the world works and lives. Help us show the world what’s possible as you partner with clients to unlock hidden value and deliver innovative solutions. Empowered with innovative tools, continuous learning, and a global community of diverse talent and perspectives, we drive success in a new business architecture that disrupts conventional practices. Our expertise spans 40+ industries across 120+ countries and impacts millions of lives every day. We turn ideas into reality. Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond to, and recover, at all points of the security lifecycle. We hire the very best security talent and arm them with the coolest tools and latest tech so they can help our clients build resilience as we create integrated, customized turnkey solutions. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle. You Are:   Senior Managers are the delivery and client leadership layer of the Cyber Resilience & Defense practice, responsible for helping our clients improve their capabilities in the SOC to defend against the evolving AI-enabled threat landscape.  They own workstreams or full engagement programs, bring specialized depth in one or more SOC domains, and operate as trusted advisors to senior client stakeholders. Each Senior Manager is expected to engage credibly across adjacent SOC areas and should be able to drive sales opportunities from RFP/RFI to proposals and Statements of Work / staffing plans. Experienced leading client-facing engagements from scoping through delivery, develop and coach manager-level teams, contribute to pursuit activity, and maintain expertise that keeps Accenture's methods current and differentiated. They translate complex defensive security requirements concepts into clear, business-relevant narratives for director and C-suite audiences.   Senior Managers will also contribute to the development of the security operations modernization offerings assets, accelerators, and methodologies to differentiate Accenture Cyber Security. They will train and mentor junior team members on the offering and build a team that can deliver on the new capabilities and scale the offering.  The Work:    Lead end-to-end SOC modernization engagements, from current-state assessment through target-state design, technology selection, and implementation oversight   Develop SOC maturity roadmaps, operating models, staffing models, and playbook frameworks tailored to client environments  Lead and quality-assure threat detection engineering, triage workflow redesign, and metrics/KPI framework development  Oversee integration of SIEM, SOAR, TIP, EDR, NDR, and UEBA platforms as part of broader modernization programs  Implement detection-as-code practices, including authoring and managing Sigma rules, building CI/CD pipelines for detection deployment, and versioning detection logic in source control environments  Work with the project team, team leaders, project delivery leads, and client stakeholders to create cutting edge capabilities powered by technology partners  Build and maintain relationships with technology partners (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Google SecOps) to support go-to-market efforts  Deliver and evolve SOC offerings that incorporate automation and AI to improve our clients’ defensive posture:  Build and scale the SOC modernization offering, including methodologies, toolkits, frameworks (NIST, ISO, etc.) and accelerators  Create battle-tested Incident Response (IR) runbooks and  facilitate automation using cutting-edge AI capabilities via playbooks and agents  Serving as a trusted advisor, bring your knowledge of LLM-specific attack surfaces, including prompt injection, model poisoning, and data exfiltration vectors, with the ability to advise clients on securing AI systems deployed within the SOC  Define and refine delivery standards to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes across engagements  Develop and mentor senior consultants, managers, and architects on the team  Collaborate with adjacent domains (Cloud Security, Identity, CTEM, AI security) to bring integrated solutions to clients  Develop strong relationships with clients and gain the trust of key advisors  Make the business case for technology solutions recommended to the client  Pitch in on Accenture sales efforts when needed  Travel may be required for this role.  The amount of travel will vary from 25% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.  Here’s What You Need:   Minimum of 10 years of experience in security operations across multiple domains Minimum 7 years of experience in any of the following: Designing, optimizing and assessing log ingestion architectures, including normalization schemas, parsing logic, and data routing strategies that ensure telemetry quality and coverage across hybrid and multi-cloud environments  Experience and proven track record of business development, including $2M+ in annual bookings or pipeline ownership  Experience with threat intelligence frameworks and detection engineering methodologies  Experience on any leading SIEM/SOAR platform  Minimum of 5 years in a leadership role in the SOC, Security Architecture or equivalent consulting roles  Minimum of 1 year of experience in at least one Secure AI, Agentic coding, AI architecture, or AI governance frameworks  Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate’s degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)     Professional Skills Requirement Strong executive communication skills; ability to distill technical complexity for C-suite audiences  Bonus Points If You Have Advanced credentials such as GCIA, GDET, GCIH, CISSP, CISM or similar executive-level certifica