Job Description
Organization: Accenture Federal Services
Location: Remote
We are:
Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, VA, San Antonio, TX, and St. Louis, MO. Accenture's federal business has served every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.
We believe that great outcomes are everything. It’s what drives us to turn bold ideas into breakthrough solutions. By combining digital technologies with what works across the world’s leading businesses, we use agile approaches to help clients solve their toughest problems fast—the first time. So, you can deliver what matters most.
Count on us to help you embrace new ways of working, building for change and put customers at the core. A wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, we bring over 30 years of experience serving the federal government, including every cabinet-level department. Our dedicated colleagues and change makers work with our clients at the heart of the nation’s priorities in defense, intel, public safety, health and civilian to help you make a difference for the people you employ, serve and protect.
You are:
A Software Review Sr. Analyst who will operate within the Governance, Risk, and Compliance sector of the CISO organization to provide application security reviews to ensure AFS, and its projects, remain compliant controls and frameworks such as 800-171, 800-53, SOX, DHS Cyber.
The work:
Leverage application artifacts such as business requirements, user stories, design documents, architecture documents to understand the testing scope and create targeted security user stories or misuse cases
Analyze source code of internal and external products to evaluate identified weaknesses and vulnerabilities
Manage and execute security assessments for multiple projects simultaneously and ensure project timelines are met
Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation
Have strong technical writing and presentation skills to report and articulate the vulnerability assessment results to any audience
Stay up to date on the state of enterprise IT and IS tools, trends, and processes
Qualifications
Here's What You Need:
U.S. Citizenship required
2 years work experience in IT Security Risk Management
Knowledge of hardening best practices - including but not limited to operating systems, web applications, and network devices
Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and DevOps tools
Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
Perform Application Security testing on various types of applications such as Web, API's, Mobile, etc., inclusive of the supporting infrastructure components
Bonus Points:
Working knowledge of security tools such as Burp Suite, Checkmarx, Blackduck, etc.
Prior experience with risk governance tools (e.g., RSA Archer, ServiceNow, etc.)
Prior experience performing security architecture reviews of technical systems and applications
Certifications: CompTIA Security+, Microsoft Fundamentals, AWS Cloud Practitioner, CompTIA Network+, GISF, CompTIA A+, CRISC, CISSP
Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York City or Washington as set forth below and information on benefits offered is here.
Role Location: Range of Starting Pay for role
California: $67,200-$104,600
Colorado: $67,200-$90,400
New York City: $77,700-$104,600
Washington: $71,500-$96,300
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