Cyber Engineering Lead

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company and part of global Accenture, to do work that matters in a collaborative and caring community, where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands‑on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

The Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for proposing, developing, installing, managing, operating, maintaining, integrating, and configuring a suite of cybersecurity tools to support network cybersecurity operations. These tools provide protection across endpoints, peripherals, data, email, web, and networks within various environments (e.g., NIPRNet, SIPRNet, cloud, DMZ, network boundaries, endpoint devices) and support the incident response lifecycle. Major cybersecurity capabilities include threat detection and prevention, traffic segmentation controls, data rights management, compliance to connect, SIEM, vulnerability scanning, and defensive cyberspace operations infrastructure.

The Cybersecurity Engineer ensures proper configuration and operation, monitors resource utilization, contributes to the deployment of new tools, maintains secure configurations, continuously tunes performance, manages backups, develops security plans, integrates SIEM data, and maintains network architecture diagrams.

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Cybersecurity
• Experience leading a team of ten or more
• 8 years of experience in proposing, developing, installing, managing, operating, maintaining, integrating, and configuring cybersecurity tools across various environments such as NIPRNet, SIPRNet, cloud, DMZ, and network boundaries
• Experience in traffic segmentation controls, data rights management, SIEM, and defensive cyberspace operations infrastructure
• Experience in maintaining secure configurations, monitoring resource utilization, and contributing to the deployment of new tools is required
• Any of the following certifications: GMON, Security
  
  X / CASP+, CCSP, CISSO, Cloud+, CSSLP, FITSP‑D, GCSA, GSEC

• One or more of the following certifications: CISM, CISSP, GCIA, GICSP

• An active Secret clearance is required

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland
. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. () We accept applications on an on‑going basis and there is no fixed Final date to receive applications.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$126,300—$243,100 USD

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and…