Federal Cybersecurity Engineer - Protect Missions (TS)

Accenture-Federal-Services-2; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 106,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in the United States is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, monitor, and maintain security systems protecting networks, apps, and data from evolving threats. You will conduct regular security assessments, respond to incidents, and help strengthen the security posture across federal programs.

You'll work with engineering teams, ISSOs, assessors, and stakeholders to develop policies, procedures, and documentation, while contributing to ATO lifecycles

Qualifications

• Ability to write clear security and compliance documentation
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder‑management skills
• Ability to read and discuss architecture documentation and diagrams
• Basic understanding of cloud, networking, IAM, security, and logging concepts
• Familiarity with version control, CI/CD, and vulnerability management workflows

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security systems and data protection measures
• Conduct regular security audits, penetration tests, and vulnerability assessments
• Monitor systems for anomalies, investigate security incidents, and apply patches or configuration changes
• Develop and maintain incident response plans to ensure business continuity
• Create, update, and enforce security policies, standards, and operating procedures
• Write clear security documentation for technical and non‑technical audiences
• Facilitate discussions across engineering teams, ISSOs, assessors, and technical stakeholders
• Review and interpret architecture documentation and design diagrams
• Apply knowledge of cloud, networking, IAM, logging, and security control concepts
• Leverage version control, CI/CD, and vulnerability management workflows
• Support tracking of security findings from discovery through remediation
• Contribute to federal security compliance activities, including ATO lifecycle and POA&M management
• Participate in Scrum and Agile team activities

Skills

Security documentation

Stakeholder management

Architecture diagrams

Cloud concepts

CI/CD workflows

Vulnerability management

Tools

Version control

CI/CD

Vulnerability management

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in the United States is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, monitor, and maintain security systems protecting networks, apps, and data from evolving threats. You will conduct regular security assessments, respond to incidents, and help strengthen the security posture across federal programs.

You'll work with engineering teams, ISSOs, assessors, and stakeholders to develop policies, procedures, and documentation, while contributing to ATO lifecycles