Application Security Engineer: AI/ML Security Tools

Accenture Federal Services; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in the United States seeks an Application Security Engineer to provide security engineering and sustainment for agency systems, spanning development to operations, with ML and AI integration into security tools.

You will administer, configure, and tune secure application systems, support ISSOs during the ATO/ATT process, and help ensure compliance with federal security standards while maintaining strong lifecycle management and continuous monitoring.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development with a focus on Cyber Security; or with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field, 3 years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of federal security standards and best practices in application security.
• TS/SCI clearance required for specific roles due to elevated-access program support.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, tune, and secure application systems to prevent unnecessary POA&Ms and risk; create and maintain application tuning and O&M SOPs.
• Operate and maintain mandated applications under the Agency’s SOC control, ensuring full software lifecycle management.
• Support ISSOs during the Agency’s ATO/ATT process by providing complete and accurate documentation.
• Develop, deploy, and integrate ML and AI tools into the Agency’s security suite.
• Perform weekly security impact assessments and assist in evaluating vendor products for security risks.
• Ensure continuous monitoring of CSD-managed applications, with alerting for critical incidents and daily status reporting.
• Manage application configuration items under the change management tool, ensuring compliance with Change Management policies.
• Ensure application logging compliance with Federal Security Logging mandates and support the CSD Service Desk in vulnerability remediation.

Skills

Security engineering

Application security

System administration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity

Tools

ML integration

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in the United States seeks an Application Security Engineer to provide security engineering and sustainment for agency systems, spanning development to operations, with ML and AI integration into security tools.

You will administer, configure, and tune secure application systems, support ISSOs during the ATO/ATT process, and help ensure compliance with federal security standards while maintaining strong lifecycle management and continuous monitoring.