Cloud Security Engineer Senior

accenturefederalservices; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a cloud security expert to architect and sustain secure cloud, hybrid-cloud, and on-premise environments, ensuring alignment with federal standards and optimized performance.

The role builds baselines, maintains documentation, and supports audits while leading monitoring, cost control, and access management in the hybrid-cloud landscape.

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, 5 years of such experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect, engineer, deploy, and sustain secure, resilient, cost-effective cloud/hybrid-cloud/on-premise applications and systems; review and approve architectural designs for secure implementation.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain secure baselines for all cloud and on-premise systems in accordance with federal mandates and organizational policy.
• Create and maintain SOPs, policies, architectural diagrams, code documentation, security baselines, and system controls documentation.
• Ensure comprehensive log collection/aggregation for monitoring, analysis, and compliance; continually optimize logging/monitoring to reduce noise and improve performance.
• Develop and maintain continuous monitoring capability covering system availability, performance, security, reporting, and response.
• Monitor cloud expenditures and provide leadership with cost-optimization recommendations; administer/operate/secure the hybrid-cloud monitoring tool suite.
• Conduct market research on new security solutions to prevent obsolescence; report cybersecurity incidents per federal regulation.
• Support audits of applications, systems, and services; serve as SME sustaining current cloud security knowledge and delivering training/knowledge-transfer.
• Manage access requests, change-impact analysis, and root-cause analysis for the hybrid-cloud environment; develop/maintain the ticketing/service-desk system.

Skills

Cloud security

System administration

Log monitoring

Education

AWS certifications

Bachelor’s degree (CS/Engineering/IT/Cybersecurity) or related field

Tools

AWS

Job description

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!

Who you'll be:

Provides comprehensive security engineering and sustainment support for the Agency's cloud, hybrid-cloud, and on-premise environments, ensuring optimal coverage, performance, and adherence to federal security standards and industry best practices. The role architects, deploys, and sustains secure baselines and configurations across CSD's cloud and on-premise systems, and maintains the SOPs, architectural diagrams, and system-controls documentation that support those environments. It builds and operates continuous monitoring capability spanning system availability, performance, security, and incident reporting, while also monitoring cloud expenditures and recommending cost-optimization actions to Government leadership. As the team's cloud security SME, the role additionally supports audits, change/configuration management, and knowledge-transfer training to sustain the environment's security posture over time.

What you'll do:

• Architect, engineer, deploy, and sustain secure, resilient, cost-effective cloud/hybrid-cloud/on-premise applications and systems; review and approve architectural designs for secure implementation.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain secure baselines for all CSD cloud and on-premise systems in accordance with federal mandates and organizational policy.
• Create and maintain SOPs, policies, architectural diagrams, code documentation, security baselines, and system controls documentation.
• Ensure comprehensive log collection/aggregation for monitoring, analysis, and compliance; continually optimize logging/monitoring to reduce noise and improve performance.
• Develop and maintain continuous monitoring capability covering system availability, performance, security, reporting, and response.
• Monitor cloud expenditures and provide leadership with cost-optimization recommendations; administer/operate/secure the hybrid-cloud monitoring tool suite.
• Conduct market research on new security solutions to prevent obsolescence; report cybersecurity incidents per federal regulation.
• Support audits of applications, systems, and services; serve as SME sustaining current cloud security knowledge and delivering training/knowledge-transfer.
• Manage access requests, change-impact analysis, and root-cause analysis for the hybrid-cloud environment; develop/maintain the ticketing/service-desk system.

What you need:

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, 5 years of such experience.

• AWS Certified Security - Specialty
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (for engineers with SecDevOps responsibilities)
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty (for engineers with network security responsibilities)

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs 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 . The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

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:

$101,700 - $204,400 USD

What We Believe

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