accenturefederalservices · Washington, DC · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> </div> <div>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. </div> <div> </div> <div>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. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!</div> <div> </div> </div></div><p>Responsible for securing our Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. This role involves establishing and enforcing a unified security posture across OCI and GCP, overseeing permissions boundaries with Zero-Trust in mind, configuring centralized security monitoring, and ensuring all cloud deployments meet stringent federal compliance and security requirements, including FedRamp HIGH, FISMA and NIST 800-53.</p> <p><em>Unified Security Posture</em></p> <ul> <li>Establish and enforce an integrated security posture spanning both GCP and OCI environments.</li> <li>Define security guardrails, standard configurations, and baseline security controls to ensure consistency across all cloud workstreams.</li> </ul> <p><em>Identity Federation & Access Governance</em></p> <ul> <li>Manage and maintain identity federation between cloud environments, ensuring seamless, secure authentication and authorization flows.</li> <li>Implement and optimize IAM policies, role structures, and least‑privilege access controls across multi‑cloud deployments.</li> </ul> <p><em>Centralized Security Monitoring</em></p> <ul> <li>Configure and operate centralized security monitoring solutions (e.g., GCP Security Command Center) to unify threat detection, vulnerability visibility, and compliance tracking across clouds.</li> <li>Integrate logs, alerts, and telemetry into enterprise monitoring systems to enable proactive incident response.</li> </ul> <p><em>VA Compliance & Regulatory Alignment</em></p> <ul> <li>Ensure all deployments meet Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compliance and security requirements, including relevant federal standards and program‑specific directives.</li> <li>Partner with security, governance, and audit teams to validate adherence to VA policies throughout delivery lifecycle stages.</li> </ul> <p><em>Risk Management & Remediation</em></p> <ul> <li>Identify vulnerabilities, policy deviations, and architectural risks across cloud platforms.</li> <li>Recommend and implement remediation actions, ensuring continuous improvement of security posture.</li> </ul> <p><em>Cross</em><em>‑Team Collaboration</em></p> <ul> <li>Work closely with cloud engineering teams (OCI Migration, GCP Foundations, Data & AI) to embed secure‑by‑design principles throughout architectures and deployments.</li> <li>Provide subject matter expertise during design reviews, threat modeling discussions, and release planning.</li> </ul> <p><u>Here's what you need:</u></p> <ul> <li>5+ years in cloud security engineering, enterprise security architecture, or compliance programs.</li> <li>3+ years of experience leading technical teams to achieve objectives and outcomes.</li> <li>Proven ability to establish and maintain a unified security posture across multiple cloud service providers.</li> <li>Experience configuring and managing centralized cloud-native logging, anomaly detection, and security monitoring solutions.</li> <li>Skilled in implementing and managing vulnerability scanning workflows for compute instances and container images.</li> <li>Experience implementing security controls for cloud databases, including data masking, risk assessment, and activity auditing.</li> <li>Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering, accounting/finance, information systems, or technical discipline.</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p> </p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8">As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of <strong>California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia</strong></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8">. 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