Federal Security Architect & Compliance Specialist

Accenture Federal Services; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in Arlington, VA is seeking a Security Architecture Specialist to join the IT Enterprise Security Engineering Team. You will track ATO projects, document strategies, and ensure secure engineering practices across multiple technology teams.

The role requires 2–3 years of information security experience, familiarity with NIST standards, and the ability to adapt to changing requirements.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of working experience information security or relevant experience.
• Experience with NIST 800-171 r2 or NIST 800-53.
• Knowledge of US Security requirements.
• Familiarity with policy, standard, procedure and baseline structure.
• Openness to, and ability to deal with, rapid change in business needs, processes and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day tracking of ATO projects for AFS IT Enterprise Security Engineering Team (ITESE team). Includes input in project tracking sheets and Summary project tracker. Provide daily standup input on status of all new apps toward ATO and SIA review.
• Work with ITESE lead to document strategies for IESE and Compliance workflows.
• Implements and interprets ITESE work processes and successfully links them to other processes in Compliance (ConMon).
• Participates in and supports ITESE activities such as assessments of controls for applications, documentation of control responses and development of process improvements.
• Review control assessments for completeness and verify that all components are present and meet the control objectives. Escalate to ITESE team lead any issues. Follow up as needed.
• Review and understand where AFS Enterprise Standards should be applied within control reviews of ATO projects and SIA reviews.
• Creates documentation for new processes as needed and updates Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) during yearly update cycle or as changes are needed.
• Collaborates with ITESE lead and project stakeholders to review requirements and meet service objectives.
• Involved in ATO development and assess service requirements and ATO deliverables.
• Coordinate meetings with Application Stakeholder teams to gather responses for ATO documents.
• Attend department, tower and other meetings as assigned.
• Collaborate with others in IT Enterprise Security Engineering Department (ITESE) and Security Architecture, Engineering, and Risk (ITSAE) tower.

Skills

Cloud security

Application security

Network security

Security plans

Security risk

Data analysis tools

Data security

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in Arlington, VA is seeking a Security Architecture Specialist to join the IT Enterprise Security Engineering Team. You will track ATO projects, document strategies, and ensure secure engineering practices across multiple technology teams.

The role requires 2–3 years of information security experience, familiarity with NIST standards, and the ability to adapt to changing requirements.