Accenture Federal Services
Government & Public SectorDirect Greenhouse career site

Application Security Engineer

Pay
$109,500 – $224,200 per year
Location
Washington, DC · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Experience
6+ years
Listed
23 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • Public Trust clearance eligibility
  • CI/CD pipeline security
  • SBOM management (CycloneDX, SPDX)
  • threat modeling

Also useful

  • Sigstore/Cosign
  • Snyk
  • Gradle

Stated benefits & perks

  • Health

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership

  • Lead the AppSec scrum team and all agile ceremonies.
  • Prioritize the security backlog and guide teammates on best practices.
  • Drive collaboration across security, development, and operations.
  • Use AI tools to improve team workflows and efficiency.

Application & AI Security

  • Test and triage security vulnerabilities for web and AI applications.
  • Provide clear, actionable remediation guidance.

Pipeline Security

  • Architect and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins).
  • Implement hardened build processes and secure supply chain practices, including SBOM management.

Threat Modeling

  • Lead shift-left threat modeling and partner with engineers to address risks early.
  • Ensure AI agents and pipelines follow secure design principles.

Security Integration

  • Integrate security tools (Snyk, Nexus, JFrog) into developer workflows.
  • Manage dependency lifecycles and ensure artifacts are verified and signed.

Business Enablement

  • Balance security needs with delivery velocity in a federal environment.
  • Navigate technical and organizational gray areas effectively.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in software engineering and application/infrastructure security (hands on production coding experience).
  • Proven experience securing CI/CD pipelines.
  • Foundational understanding with one or more build systems (Gradle, Maven, Docker/Kubernetes).
  • Experience with SBOM formats (CycloneDX, SPDX).
  • Strong understanding of AppSec principles, SSDF, threat modeling, and secrets management.

Bonus

  • Experience with artifact signing (Sigstore/Cosign)

Eligibility Requirements

  • US Citizen
  • Eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Pay and benefits

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:

$109,500—$224,200 USD

What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included.

This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.

About Accenture Federal Services

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.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

The work

We are seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to partner with development teams and ensure secure, scalable software delivery. This role leads the AppSec scrum team, integrates security into the development lifecycle, and designs processes that enable developers to work securely and efficiently. Candidates should bring hands-on engineering experience and a strong understanding of modern application security.

Read the original posting

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