Accenture
Cyber Security Engineer
$106K–$206K
Washington, DC +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- Washington, DC
Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must have U.S. work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.
About the job
Designs and maintains cybersecurity systems and controls, assesses vulnerabilities, responds to incidents, and supports federal security compliance and remediation.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and maintain security systems; conduct audits, penetration tests, and vulnerability assessments.
- Monitor for anomalies, investigate incidents, apply patches and configuration changes, and maintain incident response plans.
- Develop security policies and documentation, coordinate with technical stakeholders, and support ATO and POA&M activities.
What they ask for
- Ability to write clear security and compliance documentation and facilitate stakeholder discussions.
- 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; U.S. citizenship and active Top Secret clearance required.
Nice to have
- Experience tracking security findings through remediation.
- Hands-on federal security compliance experience, including ATO lifecycle and POA&M management; Scrum participation.
Pay
$106,300 — $206,200 USD base salary
Tools
cloud, networking, IAM, logging, version control, CI/CD, ATO, POA&M
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