Information Systems Security Officer

Accenture Federal Services Careers Marketplace; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an Information Systems Security Officer to support a Colorado Springs, CO client. You will work with a small team to ensure security policies are followed across critical systems and assist with audits and incident response.

The role requires DoD security experience and familiarity with RMF, NIST, A&A, and vulnerability management tools. Strong collaboration with sysadmins and a focus on continuous monitoring is essential.

Qualifications

• 3 years security experience in the DoD environments.
• Experience reviewing security concepts of operations and security control assessments.
• Familiarity with vulnerability scanning, incident response and contingency planning.

Responsibilities

• Support customer’s critical systems with a small team.
• Ensure systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of per security policies.
• Conduct periodic reviews to ensure compliance with security packages.
• Coordinate with admins for system scans and continuous monitoring.

Skills

DoD security experience

Security policy compliance

Audit and incident handling

Education

BA/BS or equivalent DoD project experience

Tools

ICD-503

JSIG

RMF

NIST

FIPS

CNSSI 1253

Nessus

A&A

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!

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an Information Systems Security Officer to join our team and support our client in the Colorado Springs, CO area.

What you’ll do:

• Work in close collaboration with a small team to support the customer’s critical systems
• Ensure systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with security policies and procedures as outlined in the security authorization package
• Conduct periodic reviews of Information Systems to ensure compliance with the security authorization package
• Coordinate with systems administrators to perform system scans for A&A and continuous monitoring to include but not limited to network devices, servers, databases, and web services
• Perform compliance audits, participate in incident handling, and lead or assist investigations into security anomalies
• Perform review of audit logs and continuous monitoring tools for IT systems to identify anomalies, hacking or insider threats

What you’ll need:

• 3 years security experience in the DoD
• 2 years of experience with one of the following: ICD-503, JSIG, RMF, NIST, FIPS, CNSSI 1253, Nessus, A&A
• Experience with reviewing security concepts of operations, systems security plans, security control assessments, contingency plans, configuration management plans, incident response plans, vulnerability scanning, and/or vulnerability management plans

Bonus points if you have:

• BA/BS or equivalent work experience on DoD projects
• ACAS/Nessus for scanning
• SIEM/Splunk to configure and operate SIEM, create dashboards, reports
• Experience with incident handling procedures
• Other Security related certification (Cloud, SIEM, forensics, Linux, Windows, etc)
• Experience working in a DevSecOps project environment
• Experience with MS Active Directory, Splunk, ACAS/Nessus, McAfee, Windows, Linux