Senior Cloud 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. We serve the US federal government, helping agencies operate more effectively and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people.

🎯 The Role

The work you'll do:

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Define, communicate, and implement cybersecurity architecture and administration processes for cloud environments across multiple network domains.
• Collaborate across our cloud infrastructure delivery team and with stakeholders using an Agile process to ensure design, implementation, verification, and continuous monitoring of cloud solutions across multiple domains.
• Automate cyber processes to support Continuous Authorization to Operate (CATO).
• Evaluate enhancements to cloud environments against Risk Management Framework (RMF) controls and DoD Security Technical Implementation Guidance (STIG) requirements.
• Work without considerable direction.
• Mentor and supervise team members, as needed.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 8570 or 8140 Series IAT Level II Certification and Cloud Certification (AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Azure Fundamentals).
• 8+ years of experience in the following:
• Securing computer systems, performing DoD authorization activities, and writing security plans for secure IT architecture and computing hardware and software.
• Working with cloud technologies, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
• 4+ years of experience with Intelligence Community (IC) cybersecurity or information systems.
• 2+ years of experience automating tasks in cloud environments using scripting tools such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, AWS, or Azure Command Line Interface (CLI).
• Experience in the following areas:
• Cloud-native tools to support automation of CATO objectives and the terminology, processes, and regulations of IT system Assessment and Authorization (A&A) for the RMF.
• Supporting security assessment of software and system releases within a DevSecOps framework such as CI/CD pipelines.
• Code management tools such as Git supporting Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience planning, implementing, and managing continuous monitoring solutions and working within an Agile-based project management framework.
• Experience with Agile processes and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with Linux or Windows system administration.
• Experience in Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) or Information System Security Officer (ISSO) roles.
• Experience developing Body of Evidence artifacts for A&A of systems under frameworks, including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-Series, DoD RMF, and Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503.
• Knowledge of terminology and federal regulations related to specification, development, acquisition, and maintenance of IT systems.

🎁 Benefits

The pay range for 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: $124,000 - $246,400 USD. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Security clearance: Active TS with SCI eligibility is required. 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.