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Accenture Federal Services is looking for a Security Delivery Practitioner to join our team and support our client in Columbia, MD.
What you’ll do:
Perform, or review, technical security assessments of cloud computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies
Validate and verify cloud system security requirements definitions and analysis, and establish secure cloud system designs
Design, develop, implement, and/or integrate IA and security systems and system components specifically for cloud networking, computing, and enclave environments, including those with multiple enclaves and differing data protection/classification requirements
Build IA into cloud systems deployed to operational environments
Assist cloud architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application of customer security policy and enterprise solutions within cloud environments
Support the building of secure cloud architectures and enforces the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and cloud architectures
Assess and mitigate cloud system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle
Contribute to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for cloud system and networking operations
Review certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation for cloud systems, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content
Apply system security engineering expertise in one or more of the following to: cloud system security design process; engineering life cycle; information domain; cross-domain solutions; commercial off-the-shelf and government off-the-shelf cryptography; identification; authentication; and authorization; cloud system integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency planning; incident handling; configuration control; change management; auditing; certification and accreditation process; principles of IA (confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, availability, and access control); and security testing
Support security authorization activities for cloud systems in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering
What you’ll need:
Bachelor’s degree with 3 years’ experience or 5 years’ work experience equivalent
3 years of experience in IT, cyber security, and/or CNO software development or security research
Network experience (including at least 1 year of cloud experience) in large-scale global environment
Active DoD 8570 Information Assurance (IAM) Level I or (IAT) level II Certification (e.g.: CISSP, Sec+, etc.)
Bonus Points if you have:
Experience controlling, labeling, and secure data transfer between information systems
Experience virus scanning and using auditing tools, as well as reviewing system and audit logs
Experience…