Mid Cloud Security Engineer – Federal Sector

Accenture Federal Services; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services provides security engineering and sustainment support for federal cloud, hybrid‑cloud, and on‑prem environments, ensuring secure baselines, architecture diagrams, and thorough system controls documentation.

You will develop continuous monitoring capabilities, optimize costs for government leadership, and support audits and training to keep cloud security knowledge current.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development with a concentration in Cyber Security.
• Preferred AWS certifications include AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (for engineers with SecDevOps responsibilities), and AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (for engineers with network security responsibilities).

Responsibilities

• Architect, engineer, deploy, and sustain secure, resilient, cost‑effective cloud/hybrid‑cloud/on‑premise applications and systems; review and approve architectural designs for secure implementation.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain secure baselines for all cloud and on‑premise systems in accordance with federal mandates and organizational policy.
• Create and maintain SOPs, policies, architectural diagrams, code documentation, security baselines, and system controls documentation.
• Ensure comprehensive log collection/aggregation for monitoring, analysis, and compliance; continually optimize logging/monitoring to reduce noise and improve performance.
• Develop and maintain continuous monitoring capability covering system availability, performance, security, reporting, and response.
• Monitor cloud expenditures and provide leadership with cost‑optimization recommendations; administer/operate/secure the hybrid‑cloud monitoring tool suite.
• Conduct market research on new security solutions to prevent obsolescence; report cybersecurity incidents per federal regulation.
• Support audits of applications, systems, and services; serve as SME sustaining current cloud security knowledge and delivering training/knowledge‑transfer.
• Manage access requests, change‑impact analysis, and root‑cause analysis for the hybrid‑cloud environment; develop/maintain the ticketing/service‑desk system.

Skills

Cyber security

System administration

Network engineering

Software engineering

Software development

Security engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field

Tools

AWS Security Specialty

AWS SysOps Administrator

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional

AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty

Job description

Accenture Federal Services provides security engineering and sustainment support for federal cloud, hybrid‑cloud, and on‑prem environments, ensuring secure baselines, architecture diagrams, and thorough system controls documentation.

You will develop continuous monitoring capabilities, optimize costs for government leadership, and support audits and training to keep cloud security knowledge current.