Cloud Security Strategic Planner - SME Engineer

Accenture Federal Services; Greenbelt (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Security Strategic Planner - SME Engineer in Greenbelt, Maryland. This full-time position plays a crucial role in designing and deploying security in an AWS Cloud environment, ensuring compliance with federal security standards.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in security engineering and proven expertise with cloud security technologies. Responsibilities include providing engineering support, deploying security solutions, and collaborating with teams for strategic planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10 years of experience in security engineering, ideally with federal customers.
• 4 years deploying security solutions in a cloud environment.
• VMware experience is required.
• Expertise with federal security frameworks is needed.
• Understanding of IT management and system development life cycles.
• Knowledge of current and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide security engineering support for design, development, and deployment.
• Implement tools and technologies for federal security control requirements.
• Contribute expertise in cloud security throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in strategic planning.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

VMware

Security solutions deployment

Federal frameworks expertise

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SIEM tools

Firewalls

Intrusion detection systems (IDS)

Job description

Cloud Security Strategic Planner - SME Engineer

Full-time

The Cloud Security Engineer is a critical role for this new national system. Join us at the ground floor for this great, long term career position. Build your technical skills, as you build this leading technology center.

You’ll provide security engineering support for the design, development, and deployment of an infrastructure in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud environment. The selected candidate will provide solutions for endpoint security, intrusion detection, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and Intrusion Detection in a Virtual Private Cloud environment. This individual is responsible for planning, designing, and implementing tools, technologies and methods that meet Federal security control requirements. The Cloud Security Engineer provides subject matter expertise throughout the system development lifecycle to ensure that the infrastructure maintains a strong security posture capable of countering current and emerging threats.

This individual will demonstrate core technical capabilities in cloud security and hold industry recognized certifications. This individual will participate in strategic planning and collaborate with cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10 full‑time years of experience providing security engineering, with some exposure supporting federal government customers
• 4 years of experience deploying security solutions to include at least one of the following: SEIM tools, firewalls, IDSs and endpoint security in a cloud environment
• VMWare experience required
• Experience deploying security solutions for federal organizations, including expertise with federal frameworks (FISMA, NIST, etc.)
• Demonstrated understanding of IT management, administration, applications and system development life cycles within a substantial IT environment
• Relevant knowledge of current and emerging technologies

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.