GRC Process Architect

🔥 0 minutes ago

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $91.3k - $184.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🚔 Compliance

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Accenture Federal Services

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 2017

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏛️ Government

Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Government

Accenture Federal Services is a division of Accenture that focuses on delivering technology and consulting services to the U. S. federal government. With capabilities in cloud, cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence, digital engineering, and emerging technologies, Accenture Federal Services supports federal agencies in achieving mission-critical outcomes through innovation and technological advancement. The company emphasizes building secure, scalable solutions, enhancing decision-making with data-driven insights, and transforming digital infrastructures to meet complex governmental needs. By leveraging advanced R&D and human-centered design, they aim to improve the performance and resilience of government operations.

📋 Description

• Map organizational architectures, capabilities, and controls to NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, and other cybersecurity frameworks to identify strengths, gaps, and improvement opportunities. • Perform threat modeling activities to evaluate proposed or current designs, identify attack paths, and guide teams toward resilient architecture. • Identify enterprise‑level security architecture gaps and propose scalable, actionable remediation strategies. • Design, implement, and mature repeatable security processes, architecture standards, and reusable security patterns. • Participate early in IT and business solution design to provide proactive architectural guidance and ensure alignment with secure‑by‑design principles. • Communicate technical and architectural needs to key stakeholders by translating complex technical concepts into clear, digestible, and actionable information. • Collaborate with Agile, DevOps, and engineering teams to embed secure development practices and escalate architecture concerns when necessary. • Validate software, platform, and cloud architectures for adherence to modern security best practices and recommend architectural improvements. • Translate business needs, technical requirements, and regulatory obligations into clear and actionable security architecture requirements. • Act as a trusted advisor to technology teams, enabling secure solution design and promoting adoption of enterprise security controls. • Collaborate with peer architects and security practitioners to share best practices, strengthen architectural maturity, and ensure consistency across the enterprise. • Monitor emerging technologies, evolving threats, and industry trends to ensure architectural strategies remain relevant, proactive, and resilient. • Stay up‑to‑date on the state of enterprise IT and security tools, trends, and processes. • Evaluate AI‑driven systems and integrations for security risks, ensuring responsible use of AI technologies and incorporating secure‑by‑design principles into AI‑related architectures.

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. Citizen required • 5+ years of experience in IT or information security engineering or architecture • Strong knowledge of security principles • Strong knowledge of Microsoft cloud services (e.g., Azure Active Directory, Azure IaaS/PaaS, Office 365) • Strong understanding of secure web application network protocols (HTTP(S), TLS, SFTP, etc.) • Understanding of the OWASP Top 10 application security risks and its mitigations • 5 years of experience in cloud security, application security, and/or network security

🏖️ Benefits

• Reasonable ranges of compensation based on labor costs • Wide variety of benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, flexible work arrangements, professional development • Opportunities for hands-on experience and certifications