Cyber Security Engineer
Accenture Federal Services · Washington, DC
About the role
A cybersecurity engineer in Accenture Federal Services' Cyber Resilience and Defense group in Washington, DC, designing, running and maintaining the systems that protect a federal customer's networks, applications and data. The engineer carries out audits, penetration tests and vulnerability scans, monitors for anomalies, investigates incidents, applies patches and configuration fixes, keeps incident response plans and security policies current, and works with engineering teams, ISSOs and assessors on ATO and POA&M work.
It asks for clear security documentation skills, the ability to read architecture diagrams, basic cloud, networking, IAM and logging knowledge, familiarity with CI/CD and vulnerability workflows, US citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance.