Senior Security Engineer - Cloud, Incident Response & IA

VulnU

Chantilly, Northern (VA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 88,000 - 178,000

Full time

46 hours ago
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Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in Chantilly, Virginia, seeks a Senior Security Engineer to secure enterprise applications, cloud environments, and critical infrastructure. You will lead incident response, threat detection, and vulnerability management while guiding security controls across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

The role requires US citizenship and Top Secret clearance, a Bachelor's degree, and 8+ years of experience.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • US Citizen with Top Secret Clearance.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience securing applications, cloud platforms, networks, and enterprise infrastructure.
  • Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Proficiency with security monitoring, logging, SIEM, and alerting tools.

Responsibilities

  • Secure applications, cloud platforms, networks, and enterprise infrastructure.
  • Lead incident response, cyber resiliency, vulnerability management, and threat detection efforts.
  • Design and implement security controls and support cloud-based platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
  • Utilize security monitoring, logging, SIEM, and alerting tools.
  • Develop security policies, procedures, and technical documentation.
  • Provide technical mentorship and ensure defense-in-depth alignment.

Skills

Security engineering
Incident response
Threat detection
Cloud platforms
SIEM
AI / GenAI
Data architecture
Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in Chantilly, Virginia, seeks a Senior Security Engineer to secure enterprise applications, cloud environments, and critical infrastructure. You will lead incident response, threat detection, and vulnerability management while guiding security controls across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

The role requires US citizenship and Top Secret clearance, a Bachelor's degree, and 8+ years of experience.

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