Federal Cybersecurity Engineer - Protect National Missions

accenturefederalservices; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 106,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in Washington, DC is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, monitor, and maintain security systems protecting networks, apps, and data from evolving threats. The role emphasizes regular security assessments, incident response, and policy enforcement.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, ISSOs, and assessors to strengthen security posture, conduct audits and vulnerability management, and contribute to federal compliance programs including ATO

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 necessary 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 and accessible documentation for both 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 pipeline concepts, and vulnerability management workflows.

Skills

Security documentation

Stakeholder management

Architecture diagrams

Cloud concepts

CI/CD and version control

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in Washington, DC is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, monitor, and maintain security systems protecting networks, apps, and data from evolving threats. The role emphasizes regular security assessments, incident response, and policy enforcement.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, ISSOs, and assessors to strengthen security posture, conduct audits and vulnerability management, and contribute to federal compliance programs including ATO