Security Engineer - Accrete.AI

Office Location: Alexandria, VA 

TOP SECRET//SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph required

Accrete is a dual use AI software product company that sells into both government and private enterprise sectors. We create AI software, enabling our customers to make better decisions, faster. Accrete is on a mission to create AI so powerful it amplifies human reasoning and enables enterprises to grow in previously unimaginable ways. Prior to launching Accrete in 2017, Prashant Bhuyan, Accrete's Founder and CEO, spent over a decade in high-frequency trading where he and a core team experimented with and developed AI technology that ultimately became the early underpinnings of Accrete.

To learn more about Accrete, please visit our website: https://www.accrete.ai/

Position Description: 

This position is responsible for integrating Accrete products into client environments with rigorous security protocols and processes. A successful candidate will map existing Accrete security software and processes to client environments to ensure equal or greater adherence to the client's practices. This position is contingent on modification to an existing government contract with a PoP through September 2027.

Duties:

• Work closely with Accrete's chief information security officer (CISO) and staff to understand key dependencies 
• Research and communicate unique client security needs to Accrete's CISO to reduce code drift and divergent security practices
• Implement compliant identity management and data handling processes using a variety of custom and off-the-shelf software
• Identify and recommend base code modifications in order to meet client security requirements

Skills:

• 5+ years' work experience working with user identity management systems
• Experience with user activity monitoring and auditing
• Extensive knowledge of operating system and database security
• Proficiency in networking technologies, network security and network monitoring solutions
• Experience with SAST, DAST and SCA scanning tools.  
• Experience with container scanning tools.  
• Cloud security experience
• Detail-oriented person with a passion for proper practice alignment and documentation
• Strong commitment to protecting client confidentiality while collaborating with enabling Accrete colleagues
• Experience communicating complex technical issues to C-suite level audiences

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in computer science or information technology systems
• Pursuant to Executive Order 12968, August 2, 1995, this position requires U.S. citizenship
• Current U.S. government top secret clearance with eligibility for SCI and counterintelligence scope polygraph 

Ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community
• Experience working with need-to-know security authentication and identity management systems
• Some experience coding in Java, Python, R, or C/C++

Salary Range: $100,000 - $150,000

Security Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Benefits: 

• Fortune 500 level core benefits package: health, dental, vision, Rx, long-term disability, short-term disability, life insurance, & 401(k) Traditional & Roth 
• Unlimited PTO & all U.S. federal holidays off
• Company events include happy hours, team bonding.
• Our office is stocked with lunch & snacks – healthy, delicious, beverages, vitamins & more 

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and opportunities for growth and advancement within the company. If you are an innovative and results-driven leader, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Accrete is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.