Cloud Security Engineer

Accenture Federal Services•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to work with government and industry customers to develop a multi-cloud solution. The role manages cloud security applications for each cloud provider, ensuring they are patched and updated, meet customer security requirements, and have issues resolved within customer-specified timeframes. The engineer supports a multidisciplinary engineering team addressing challenges in the cleared cloud. The position defines cloud security frameworks and architecture, documents security control implementation and transitions it to managed operations, and ensures cloud and DevOps environments follow the client's defense-in-depth cybersecurity strategy. It also supports security accreditation activities for DevOps tools and cloud environments, identifies and resolves cloud infrastructure security issues, designs scalable cloud-access provisioning processes, and builds, deploys, and manages security tools and services. The engineer collaborates with security leadership, engineering, and compliance teams to execute security strategies.

Requirements

  • 11+ years of experience, and a Master's degree or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience working with cloud infrastructure and/or cloud security.
  • Experience with Azure.
  • Experience with AWS Security.
  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience using CI/CD pipelines for change management and automated security testing.
  • Active TS clearance and ability and willingness to upgrade to TS/SCI with Poly upon onboarding.

Responsibilities

  • Define cloud security frameworks and architecture to meet business requirements and performance goals.
  • Document implementation of cloud security controls and transition them to cloud security-managed operations.
  • Ensure cloud and DevOps environments use the client's defense-in-depth cybersecurity best practices.
  • Assist with security accreditation activities for DevOps tools and cloud-related environments.
  • Manage cloud security applications for each cloud provider, ensuring they are patched and updated, comply with customer security requirements, and have issues resolved within specified timeframes.
  • Identify and resolve security issues across cloud infrastructure.
  • Design and implement scalable processes for provisioning cloud access.
  • Build, deploy, and manage security tools and services.
  • Collaborate with security leadership, engineering, and compliance to execute security strategies.

Benefits

  • Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
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