Accenture Federal Services
CybersecurityDirect Greenhouse career site

Security Engineer - Senior

Pay
$88,100 – $178,200 per year
Location
Chantilly, VA · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Experience
8+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
23 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • US citizen
  • Top Secret clearance
  • SIEM
  • AWS
  • network security
  • encryption and access control

Also useful

  • CISSP
  • Zero Trust Architecture
  • NIST RMF

Stated benefits & perks

  • Health

Who you'll be

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to secure enterprise applications, cloud environments, and critical infrastructure. This role involves advancing the organization's security posture through proactive monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will lead security engineering efforts across multiple systems, design and implement security controls, support cloud-based platforms, and provide technical mentorship while ensuring compliance with security policies and organizational cybersecurity requirements.

What you'll do

  • 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 such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Utilize security monitoring, logging, SIEM, and alerting tools effectively.
  • Develop security policies, procedures, and technical documentation.
  • Provide technical mentorship and ensure alignment with defense-in-depth principles and security policies.
  • Engage in multi-model and multi-modality orchestration, including advanced AI implementations and data architecture.
  • Manage enterprise infrastructure and cross-domain solutions, including air-gapped and hybrid environments.
  • Develop and integrate applications with modern programming languages and frameworks.

What you need

  • US Citizen with a Top Secret Clearance
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in securing applications, cloud platforms, networks, and enterprise infrastructure.
  • Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Proficiency with security monitoring, logging, SIEM, and alerting tools.
  • Strong understanding of network security, encryption, authentication, and access control technologies.
  • Experience developing security policies, procedures, and technical documentation.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
  • Experience with in-house custom-developed applications and advanced AI, GenAI, and multi-model engineering.
  • Data architecture expertise, including vector, graph, and multi-database orchestration.
  • Experience with air-gapped, hybrid, and on-premise operational environments.
  • Application development and integration knowledge, utilizing TypeScript, React, Python, FastAPI, and more.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, or related field.
  • CISSP, Security+, CCSP, CISM, GIAC, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, or similar certifications.
  • Experience supporting government, defense, intelligence, or highly regulated environments.
  • Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture, NIST frameworks, RMF, and compliance requirements.
  • Experience with DevSecOps, container security, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security practices.
  • Experience managing COMSEC resources or cryptographic key management systems.
  • Familiarity with security automation, SOAR platforms, and advanced threat hunting techniques.

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:

$88,100—$178,200 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!

Read the original posting

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