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Accenture Federal Services · 1 month ago

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$115K/yr - $151K/yr

4+ years exp

Accenture Federal Services is dedicated to helping the US federal government enhance national security and improve the lives of citizens. The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will design and maintain frameworks for zero trust authentication and authorization while collaborating with teams to ensure security services meet compliance and performance standards.

ConsultingFinanceInformation TechnologyManagement ConsultingOnline PortalsProfessional Services

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.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

AWS cloud servicesAuthentication frameworksZero trust architectureProgramming languagesFine-grained access controlSecure coding practicesCISM certificationCISSP certificationDeveloper documentation

Required

4 years of professional experience in software engineering, security engineering, or related roles. Bachelor's degree OR experience may be used in lieu of degree

Experience designing, developing, and deploying application components leveraging AWS cloud services in IL6+ classified environments

Proven experience implementing authentication and authorization frameworks (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML)

Hands-on expertise with fine-grained access control models (entitlements, row-level security, ABAC)

Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Go, Python) for building frameworks and libraries

Solid experience with zero trust architecture and principles

Experience creating developer documentation and integration guides. Strong grasp of secure coding practices and software development lifecycle (SDLC) security

Requires an active TS/SCI and polygraph