Cyber Security Engineer

The role

The Cybersecurity Engineer designs, implements, and maintains security systems to protect networks, applications, and data. This role conducts security assessments, monitors for anomalies, and enforces security policies to ensure operational resilience.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain security systems and data protection measures
• Conduct regular security audits, penetration tests, and vulnerability assessments
• Monitor systems for anomalies, investigate security incidents, and apply necessary patches or configuration changes
• Develop and maintain incident response plans to ensure business continuity
• Create, update, and enforce security policies, standards, and operating procedures
• Write clear and accessible documentation for both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Facilitate discussions across engineering teams, ISSOs, assessors, and technical stakeholders
• Review and interpret architecture documentation and design diagrams
• Apply knowledge of cloud, networking, IAM, logging, and security control concepts
• Leverage version control, CI/CD pipeline concepts, and vulnerability management workflows

Required qualifications

• Ability to write clear security and compliance documentation
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder‑management skills
• Ability to read and discuss architecture documentation and diagrams
• Basic understanding of cloud, networking, IAM, security, and logging concepts
• Familiarity with version control, CI/CD, and vulnerability management workflows

Nice to have

• Experience tracking security findings from vulnerability scanning through remediation
• Hands‑on experience with federal security compliance, including the ATO lifecycle and POA&M management
• Experience participating in Scrum activities

Benefits

• Hands-on experience
• Certifications
• Industry training

Before you apply

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Must have active Top Secret clearance
• Applicants 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 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.