Security Architect Specialist

The role

The Security Architecture Specialist works within the AFS IT Enterprise Security Engineering Team. This person tracks ATO projects, documents security strategies, and reviews control assessments to ensure secure designs and business priorities.

What you will do

• Provide day-to-day tracking of ATO projects for the ITESE team.
• Document strategies for IESE and Compliance workflows.
• Implement and interpret ITESE work processes.
• Participate in assessments of controls for applications.
• Review control assessments for completeness and verify control objectives.
• Review and understand where AFS Enterprise Standards apply within control reviews.
• Create and update documentation for new processes and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Collaborate with ITESE lead and project stakeholders to meet service objectives.
• Involve in ATO development and assess service requirements and deliverables.
• Coordinate meetings with Application Stakeholder teams to gather responses for ATO documents.

Required qualifications

• U.S. Citizen Requires
• 2-3 years of working experience information security or relevant experience
• Experience with NIST 800-171 r2 or NIST 800-53
• Knowledge of US Security requirements
• Familiarity with policy, standard, procedure and baseline structure
• Openness to, and ability to deal with, rapid change in business needs, processes and technologies

Nice to have

• 2+ years of working experience in security architecture or relevant experience
• Prior experience performing ongoing maintenance and operations of security technologies (e.g. management of firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint security, etc.)
• Good understanding of secure web application network protocols (HTTP(S), TLS, SFTP, etc.)
• Understanding and experience with US security requirements related to regulations/standards such as NIST SP 800-171, 800-53, RMF, SOX, DFARS etc.
• Experience using Agile within project or architecture /engineering teams
• Certifications: CC, CISA

Benefits

• Certifications
• Industry training

Before you apply

• U.S. Citizen Requires
• Applicants in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
• Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration

About the company

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture that helps the US federal government. Its 13,000+ people work across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.