Senior Information Systems Security Engineer
Accenturefederalservices · Reston, VA
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**Senior Information Systems Security Engineer** **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. Join a collaborative, caring community where you’re empowered to grow through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. **Role Overview** Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) to safeguard digital assets and sensitive information. You’ll design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity infrastructure while staying current on emerging threats and vulnerabilities. **The Work** - Serve as a security engineering SME for containerized environments, service mesh technologies, and microservices. - Design, implement, and manage security controls for containerized workloads, including image scanning firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention, endpoint protection, encryption mechanisms, runtime protection, RBAC, and network segmentation. - Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows to support compliance with RMF, NIST SP 800-53, ICD 503, and FedRAMP. - Configure and optimize security monitoring and logging solutions; work with container security tools such as Prisma Cloud (or similar). - Monitor network traffic, system logs, and security alerts; investigate anomalies and potential breaches and take actions to mitigate risk. - Monitor and assess threat intelligence feeds; perform threat analysis and risk assessments to identify emerging threats and vulnerabilities. - Collaborate with platform engineers, ISSOs, developers, and other cross-functional teams to establish and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures. - Conduct regular security assessments of container orchestration platforms, microservices, and APIs; identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigations. - Develop and implement incident response plans. - Maintain thorough documentation of security architecture processes, control implementation procedures, configurations, and continuous monitoring strategies; prepare reports on findings and incidents. **What You’ll Need** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. - 7+ years of experience as a cybersecurity engineer specializing in designing/building security controls and implementing continuous monitoring and auditing for compliance. - Hands-on experience securing containerized/Kubernetes environments (OpenShift preferred). - Strong skills specifying and implementing log collection (e.g., Splunk) and analyzing aggregated logs for security-relevant anomalies. - Experience implementing security controls (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP) and continuous monitoring/auditing. - Experience implementing controls for cloud, container, and DevSecOps services within IL5 to IL6+ environments. - Strong understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and infrastructure components. - Experience performing periodic security checks (daily/weekly/monthly) to support continuous monitoring. **Bonus Points** - Incident response, security incident handling, and forensic analysis experience. - Experience with tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud. - Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders. - CISSP (or equivalent) to support DoD 8140 requirements. **Eligibility Requirements** - Active TS//SCI clearance with Polyg
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