Application Security Engineer - Sr

📋 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, dedicated to serving the US federal government. We bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity.

🎯 The Role

We are seeking a dedicated Application Security Engineer to provide specialized security engineering and sustainment support for our Agency's application systems. The role involves securing applications throughout their lifecycle, integrating ML and AI into our security tools, and ensuring compliance with Federal Security Logging mandates. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance to support programs with elevated access.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, tune, and secure application systems to avoid unnecessary POA&Ms and risks; create and maintain application tuning and O&M SOPs.
• Operate and maintain mandated applications and emerging technologies under Agency's SOC control, providing complete software lifecycle management.
• Support ISSOs during the Agency's ATO/ATT process, ensuring all necessary documentation and information are available.
• Develop, deploy, and integrate ML and AI into the Agency's security tool suite.
• Perform weekly security impact assessments for applications and assist with vendor product evaluations and impact analysis for new software/products.
• Ensure continuous monitoring of all CSD-managed applications with alerting for critical incidents and daily status reporting.
• Manage application configuration items under the agency CM tool, supporting Change Management policy compliance for maintaining, testing, and deploying application components.
• Ensure application systems comply with Federal Security Logging mandates, tuning logging for efficiency, and support the CSD Service Desk in vulnerability identification and remediation.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development with a concentration in Cyber Security; or, with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field, 3 years of such experience.
• TS/SCI clearance due to elevated-access programs.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• CompTIA Security+ certification
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification

🎁 Benefits

The base pay range for this position in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is $109,500 - $213,500 USD. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.