Senior Cloud Security Engineer (AWS) – Federal

Accenture PLC; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is hiring for a cloud security engineer to architect, deploy, and sustain secure cloud/hybrid/on‑premise environments. You will develop baselines, SOPs, and documentation while ensuring logs, monitoring, and cost controls meet federal standards.

This role supports audits and knowledge transfer. The candidate should have 7+ years in security-focused IT roles or 5+ years with a relevant bachelor's degree and multiple AWS security certifications.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development with a concentration in Cyber Security; or, with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field, 5 years of such experience.
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (for engineers with SecDevOps responsibilities)
• 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 CSD 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

System Admin

Cybersecurity

Software Eng

Network Eng

DB Admin

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

AWS Certified Security – Specialty

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is hiring for a cloud security engineer to architect, deploy, and sustain secure cloud/hybrid/on‑premise environments. You will develop baselines, SOPs, and documentation while ensuring logs, monitoring, and cost controls meet federal standards.

This role supports audits and knowledge transfer. The candidate should have 7+ years in security-focused IT roles or 5+ years with a relevant bachelor's degree and multiple AWS security certifications.