Accenture Federal Services · 1 month ago
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$115K/yr - $151K/yr
4+ years expAccenture Federal Services is dedicated to helping the US federal government enhance national security and improve lives through technology. The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will design, develop, and maintain frameworks for zero trust authentication and authorization while ensuring security services meet compliance and performance requirements.
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No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Create developer guides, documentation, and best practices to enable smooth integration with security services. Implement and support fine-grained authorization patterns (entitlements, row-level security, ABAC)
Collaborate with architects and engineers to ensure security services meet performance, usability, and compliance requirements
Conduct code reviews and provide guidance to development teams on secure coding and integration practices
Research emerging zero trust and identity/access management technologies to recommend improvements
Qualification
Required
4 years of experience as a Cyber Security Engineer with an emphasis on automation and platform engineering providing subject matter expertise to the team and the customer
3 years of experience with designing and building implementations of required security controls; and implementing continuous monitoring and auditing of solutions for compliance with security controls
Strong experience in implementing security controls from government regulatory frameworks and security standards (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP)
Experience with researching, designing, testing, evaluating and implementing technologies such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization, K8, and CI/CD Automation
Experience with Source Code repositories and CI/CD pipeline solutions such as Bitbucket, and GitHub
Experience with container orchestration tools (OpenShift preferred)
Demonstrated and repeat experience implementing controls for cloud, container, and/or DevSecOps services and solutions from IL5 to IL6+ on NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS
Expert-level skills in specifying and implementing log collection into tools such as Splunk, and performing querying and analysis of aggregated logs to identify security-relevant anomalies or risks
Requires an active TS/SCI and polygraph
Preferred
Expert proficiency in incident response, security incident handling, and forensic analysis techniques
Expertise with security tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud
Experience performing periodic (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) security check to support continuous monitoring aligned with the NIST Risk Management Framework
Experience applying Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) requirements to harden information systems (Linux Preferred)
Effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
CISSP or equivalent certification to support DoD 8140 requirements
Benefits
Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits.
Company
Accenture Federal Services
Accenture Federal Services is a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ron Ash
CEO and Chairman of the Board
Bharat Patel
Managing Director, AI Missions
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