Application Security Engineer

📋 Job Overview

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

🏢 About Accenture Federal Services

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture, recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work. We offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

🎯 The Role

As a Security Engineer at Accenture Federal Services, you will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and prioritizing vulnerabilities and risks across applications, networks, endpoints, cloud environments, and enterprise systems. You will collaborate with ISSOs and Controls Assessors to capture RMF artifacts and validate security control effectiveness, and coordinate with Engineers to develop and design secure systems that are positioned to quickly and easily achieve FISMA accreditation.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and prioritize vulnerabilities and risks across applications, networks, endpoints, cloud environments, and enterprise systems
• Collaborate with ISSOs and Controls Assessors to capture RMF artifacts and validate security control effectiveness
• Coordinate with Engineers to develop and design secure systems that are positioned to quickly and easily achieve FISMA accreditation
• Review, advise, and refine security Control Statements to ensure systems are hardened and accurately represented in assessment documentation
• Drive compliance with federal regulations and policies, such as NIST special publications, OMB publications, and Binding Operational Directives (BODs)
• Drive engineering best practices and secure practices, to include those processes establishing configuration, hardening, and risk reduction
• Identify risks, assess those risks, and provide remediation guidance
• Communicate risks clearly to stakeholders and recommend effective mitigation strategies
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of security processes and controls

📌 Required Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience performing security engineering or secure engineering
• Strong understanding of the FISMA Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Experience hardening applications and operating systems
• Understanding of OS-level vulnerabilities and hardening practices
• Understanding of core network protocols and components (TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, routers, switches)
• Experience configuring and working with Identity Providers (IdP)
• Experience with patch management tools and processes
• Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Strong experience working with Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud‑native policies

🎁 Benefits

Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is $106,300 - $221,100 USD. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Eligible to obtain a Public Trust security clearance