Multi-Cloud Security & Compliance Engineer

Accenture-Federal-Services-2; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Multi-Cloud Security & Compliance Engineer to secure Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. You will define a unified security posture and guardrails across clouds, and implement centralized security monitoring.

You will also lead identity federation, implement least-privilege access, and ensure adherence to VA policies, FedRAMP HIGH, and NIST 800-53 throughout delivery lifecycles with security-by-design principles.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud security engineering, enterprise security architecture, or compliance programs.
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams to achieve objectives.

Responsibilities

• Establish and enforce a unified security posture across OCI and GCP.
• Define security guardrails, configurations, and baseline controls for cloud workstreams.
• Manage identity federation and least-privilege access across multi-cloud deployments.
• Configure centralized security monitoring to enable threat detection and compliance tracking.
• Ensure deployments meet VA compliance and federal standards (FedRAMP HIGH, FISMA, NIST 800-53).

Skills

Cloud security

Security architecture

Compliance programs

IAM & identity

Threat modeling

Security monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

GCP Security Command Center

OCI & Cloud IAM

Job description

Multi-Cloud Security & Compliance Engineer

Washington, DC

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.

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Responsible for securing our Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. This role involves establishing and enforcing a unified security posture across OCI and GCP, overseeing permissions boundaries with Zero-Trust in mind, configuring centralized security monitoring, and ensuring all cloud deployments meet stringent federal compliance and security requirements, including FedRamp HIGH, FISMA and NIST 800-53.

Unified Security Posture

• Establish and enforce an integrated security posture spanning both GCP and OCI environments.
• Define security guardrails, standard configurations, and baseline security controls to ensure consistency across all cloud workstreams.

Identity Federation & Access Governance

• Manage and maintain identity federation between cloud environments, ensuring seamless, secure authentication and authorization flows.
• Implement and optimize IAM policies, role structures, and least‑privilege access controls across multi‑cloud deployments.

Centralized Security Monitoring

• Configure and operate centralized security monitoring solutions (e.g., GCP Security Command Center) to unify threat detection, vulnerability visibility, and compliance tracking across clouds.
• Integrate logs, alerts, and telemetry into enterprise monitoring systems to enable proactive incident response.

VA Compliance & Regulatory Alignment

• Ensure all deployments meet Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compliance and security requirements, including relevant federal standards and program‑specific directives.
• Partner with security, governance, and audit teams to validate adherence to VA policies throughout delivery lifecycle stages.
• Identify vulnerabilities, policy deviations, and architectural risks across cloud platforms.
• Recommend and implement remediation actions, ensuring continuous improvement of security posture.
• Work closely with cloud engineering teams (OCI Migration, GCP Foundations, Data & AI) to embed secure‑by‑design principles throughout architectures and deployments.
• Provide subject matter expertise during design reviews, threat modeling discussions, and release planning.

Here's what you need:

• 5+ years in cloud security engineering, enterprise security architecture, or compliance programs.
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams to achieve objectives and outcomes.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain a unified security posture across multiple cloud service providers.
• Experience configuring and managing centralized cloud-native logging, anomaly detection, and security monitoring solutions.
• Skilled in implementing and managing vulnerability scanning workflows for compute instances and container images.
• Experience implementing security controls for cloud databases, including data masking, risk assessment, and activity auditing.
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering, accounting/finance, information systems, or technical discipline.

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia . The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:

$133,700 - $165,200 USD

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