Cyber Security Engineer
Accenture Federal Services
Washington, DC2h agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads, no experience needed
- Must know
- CybersecurityAuditingIncident responseStakeholder managementNetworkingCI/CD
- Nice to have
- Vulnerability managementAgile
- Work
- On-site in Washington
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Cybersecurity71%Incident response34%Auditing21%Stakeholder management21%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Oct 30, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
The Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for the ongoing design, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of security systems that protect networks, applications, and data from evolving cyber threats.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain security systems and data protection measures
- Conduct regular security audits, penetration tests, and vulnerability assessments
- Monitor systems for anomalies, investigate security incidents, and apply necessary patches or configuration updates
- Develop and maintain incident response plans to ensure operational resilience and business continuity
- Create, update, and enforce security policies, standards, and operating procedures aligned with industry best practices
- Write clear and accessible documentation for both technical and non‑technical audiences
- Facilitate discussions across engineering teams, ISSOs, assessors, and technical stakeholders
- Review and interpret architecture documentation and design diagrams
- Apply knowledge of cloud, networking, IAM, logging, and security control concepts
- Leverage version control, CI/CD pipeline concepts, and vulnerability management workflows
- Support tracking of security findings from discovery through remediation
- Contribute to federal security compliance activities, including ATO lifecycle and POA&M management
- Participate in Scrum and Agile team activities
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Ability to write clear security and compliance documentation
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder‑management skills
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience tracking security findings from vulnerability scanning through remediation
- Hands‑on experience with federal security compliance, including the ATO lifecycle and POA&M management
- Experience participating in Scrum activities
Eligibility Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Must have active Top Secret clearance