Penetration Tester - Accenture Federal Services - Washington, DC
Accenture Federal Services
Penetration Tester
Overview
We are seeking a Penetration Tester to design, coordinate, and execute a modern, scalable penetrationtesting program. This role will unify penetrationtesting activities across network, application, and cloud environments, ensuring consistent execution, standardized reporting, and alignment with enterprise security and riskmanagement objectives.
The Pen Tester will also guide the integration of automated and AIassisted testing capabilities into the organization's Agentic AI architecture, improving speed, accuracy, and repeatability of offensive security operations.
You Will:
Program Leadership & Governance
• Consolidate adhoc penetrationtesting efforts into a unified enterprise pentesting program with standard methodologies, processes, and reporting.
• Establish and maintain Rules of Engagement (ROE) for all testing activities, defining scope, communication protocols, safety constraints, escalation paths, and evidencehandling guidelines.
• Coordinate and supervise all test execution activities, including internal teams, contractors, and thirdparty assessors.
Technical Execution & Delivery
• Plan and execute network, application, and cloud penetration tests under the approved ROE.
• Combine manual tradecraft with AIassisted offensivesecurity tooling to increase depth and coverage of assessments.
• Produce detailed evidence packages, exploitation artifacts, and findings reports that support remediation and rootcause analysis.
• Work with product teams, system owners, and DevSecOps/Cloud teams to validate findings and retest fixes.
Tooling & AI Integration
• Integrate penetrationtesting tools, automation frameworks, and exploitdevelopment workflows into the Agentic AI security architecture.
• Recommend tooling enhancements, AIdriven analysis approaches, and automation opportunities.
Risk & Vulnerability Management
• Conduct technical risk assessments across systems to determine likelihood, impact, and exploitation feasibility.
• Analy