Senior Information Systems Security Engineer

The role

You will serve as a security engineering SME for containerized environments, service mesh technologies, and microservices. You will design, implement, and manage security controls and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.

What you will do

• Serve as a security engineering SME for containerized environments, service mesh technologies and microservices.
• Design, implement, and manage security controls for containerized workloads solutions.
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.
• Configure and optimize security monitoring and logging solutions.
• Monitor network traffic, system logs, and security alerts to detect and respond to potential security incidents.
• Monitor and assess threat intelligence feeds, conduct threat analysis, and perform risk assessments.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, ISSOs, and developers to enforce security policies.
• Conduct regular security assessments of container orchestration platforms, microservices, and APIs.
• Develop and implement incident response plans.
• Maintain documentation of security architecture processes, control implementation, and configurations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or in a related field.
• CISSP, Security+, or equivalent certification to support DoD 8140 requirements.
• 7+ years of experience as a cybersecurity engineer with a specialization in designing and building implementations of required security controls.
• Hands-on experience securing containerized/ Kubernetes environments.
• Strong skills in specifying and implementing log collection into tools such as Splunk, SQL, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, or similar.
• Strong experience with designing and building implementations of required security controls (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP).
• Experience with implementing controls for cloud, container, and DevSecOps services and solutions within IL5 to IL6+ environments.
• Strong understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and infrastructure components.
• Experience performing periodic security checks to support continuous monitoring AI.

Nice to have

• OpenShift preferred
• Proficiency in incident response, security incident handling, and forensic analysis techniques.
• Experience with security tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud
• Effective communication skills

Benefits

• Hands-on experience
• Certifications
• Industry training

Before you apply

• Active TS//SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
• Applicants for employment 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 pursue technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.