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# Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

- **Company:** Accenture
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $114,900.0 - $184,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Code Review, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Linux, Identity and Access Management, Network Protocols, Fortify (Software), Zero Trust Network Access, Secure Coding, Prisma Cloud Platform, Splunk, Devsecops
- **Published:** July 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/0AC7CCEFD82E44DE8E434A5464BD7293/job/

## About the Role

* 7 years of experience as a cybersecurity engineer with a specialization in designing and building implementations of required security controls; and implementing continuous monitoring and auditing of solutions for compliance with security controls.
 * Strong skills in specifying and implementing log collection into tools such as Splunk, and performing querying and analysis of aggregated logs to identify security-relevant anomalies or risks
 * Strong experience in implementing security controls from government regulatory frameworks and security standards (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP).
 * Experience with implementing controls for cloud, container, and DevSecOps services and solutions within IL5 to IL6+ environments.
 * Strong understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and infrastructure components.
 * Proficiency in incident response, security incident handling, and forensic analysis techniques.
 * CISSP or equivalent certification to support DoD 8140 requirements

Bonus points if you have:

 * Expert proficiency in incident response, security incident handling, and forensic analysis techniques.
 * Expertise with security tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud
 * Experience performing periodic (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) security check to support continuous monitoring aligned with the NIST Risk Management Framework
 * Experience applying Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) requirements to harden information systems (Linux Preferred)
 * Effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 * CISSP or equivalent certification to support DoD 8140 requirements

Eligibility Requirements:

 * Requires an active TS/SCI and polygraph

## Description

The Senior Cyber Security Engineer will design, develop, and maintain reusable frameworks, libraries, APIs, and reference implementations for zero trust authentication and authorization., * Create developer guides, documentation, and best practices to enable smooth integration with security services. Implement and support fine-grained authorization patterns (entitlements, row-level security, ABAC).

 * Collaborate with architects and engineers to ensure security services meet performance, usability, and compliance requirements.
 * Conduct code reviews and provide guidance to development teams on secure coding and integration practices.
 * Research emerging zero trust and identity/access management technologies to recommend improvements.


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