Cybersecurity Engineer
Accenture Federal Services
| Company | Accenture Federal Services |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Washington |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
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 within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer 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 Work
The Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for proposing, developing, installing, managing, operating, maintaining, integrating, and configuring a suite of cybersecurity tools to support the network cybersecurity operations. These tools provide protection across endpoints, peripherals, data, email, web, and networks within various environments (e.g., CorpsNet, 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.
Key Responsibilities
Ensuring proper configuration and operation
Monitoring resource utilization
Contributing to the deployment of new tools
Maintain secure configurations, continuously tunes performance, and manages backups
Develop security plans, integrates SIEM data, and maintain network architecture diagrams
Heres What You Need
A bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
8 or more years experience in proposing, developing, installing, managing, operating, maintaining, integrating, and configuring cybersecurity tools across various environments such as CorpsNet, SIPRNet, cloud, DMZ, and network boundaries
Proficiency in threat detection and prevention, traffic segmentation controls, data rights management, compliance to connect, SIEM, vulnerability scanning, and defensive cyberspace operations infrastructure
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Experience in maintaining secure configurations, monitoring resource utilization, and contributing to the deployment of new tools
Security Requirements
Secret level clearance or higher 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, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and 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 deadline to apply.
The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is: $91,300 — $184,900 USD
What We Believe
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