Senior ISSO – Federal Cloud Security Lead

Accenture Federal Services

Cincinnati (OH)

On-site

USD 99,000 - 185,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an experienced Information Systems Security Officer to lead security oversight for secure cloud platform implementations supporting U.S. federal government customers near Cincinnati, OH.

You will ensure continuous compliance with security standards and enable agile delivery in classified environments. You will coordinate with government security officers and engineering teams to embed security across the delivery lifecycle, and you will manage ISSP, RMF, and

Qualifications

5 years cybersecurity experience with government systems and cloud environments.
3 years direct ISSO experience supporting federal programs or systems.
3 years experience with RMF and security control implementation.
6 months of eMASS experience.
Experience with FedRAMP, FISMA, and/or DoD security compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

Serve as primary security authority for secure cloud platform implementations.
Develop and maintain Information System Security Plans (ISSP) for government systems.
Lead security control assessments and continuous monitoring programs.
Coordinate with government security officers, SCAs, ISSMs, and AOs for system authorization.
Implement and maintain RMF processes and security controls.
Conduct security control assessments using NIST 800-53 and DoD requirements.
Manage POA&Ms and security remediation efforts.
Ensure continuous compliance with FedRAMP, FISMA, and DoD standards and overlays.
Design security controls for multi-cloud and hybrid government environments.
Implement cloud-native security solutions: encryption, IAM, network segmentation.
Configure security monitoring and incident response capabilities.
Validate security implementations against STIG and CIS benchmarks.
Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.
Implement security automation and continuous compliance monitoring.
Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security throughout delivery lifecycle.
Conduct security reviews for cloud architecture and deployment patterns.
Maintain security documentation packages for government reviews and audits.
Prepare SSP, SAR, security briefings, and compliance reports.
Support security audits, assessments, and customer security reviews.
Create security standards, procedures, and training materials.
Work in AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or Oracle Cloud.
Work with vulnerability scanners, SIEM, monitoring platforms.
Handle Infrastructure as Code security: Terraform, CloudFormation security.
Review container security: Kubernetes security, container scanning, runtime protection.
Review network security: VPC design, firewalls, intrusion detection.