DevOps Engineer - Cloud Automation

Accenture Federal Services•Columbia, MD

2d•$106,300 - $206,200

About The Position

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a DevSecOps engineer to build, secure, and operate the shared platform that client mission applications run on. The role works within a multidisciplinary team to deliver and sustain EC2- and Kubernetes-based infrastructure hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and C2S, using infrastructure as code and GitOps practices to keep environments reproducible and consistently configured across multiple security domains. The engineer builds and maintains automation that moves applications from commit to production, including continuous integration and delivery pipelines, hardened container images, automated scanning, and controlled promotion of approved artifacts into air-gapped environments. The role supports teammates managing Authorization to Operate (ATO) and Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities, primarily by remediating security findings in platform infrastructure and container images. The engineer must also be available to provide Tier 1–3 support for the deployed platform.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
At least 3 years of experience with AWS or comparable cloud platforms, including core compute, storage, networking, and/or identity services such as EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM.
At least 2 years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, and/or ArgoCD.
At least 2 years of experience with containers and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
Proficiency in Python, Bash, or a comparable language for automation and operational tooling.
DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or higher (Security+, CISSP, CASP, or equivalent), or DoD 8140 equivalent.
Active Top Secret clearance and willingness to sit for a polygraph.
US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

AWS EKS experience.
Experience using AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode for software development and operational tasks such as deploying and updating software in Kubernetes clusters.
Working knowledge of Linux system administration.
Experience with secrets management and least-privilege access control, such as AWS Pod Identities, Secrets Manager, and External Secrets Operator.
Experience delivering software into air-gapped, cross-domain, or otherwise restricted-network environments.
Associate- or Professional-level cloud certification.

Responsibilities

Build, secure, and operate the shared platform for client mission applications.
Deliver and sustain EC2- and Kubernetes-based infrastructure hosted in AWS and C2S.
Use infrastructure as code and GitOps practices to make environments reproducible and consistently configured across multiple security domains.
Build and maintain automation that moves applications from commit to production, including CI/CD pipelines, hardened container images, automated scanning, and controlled promotion of approved artifacts into air-gapped environments.
Support ATO and RMF activities by remediating security findings in platform infrastructure and container images.
Provide Tier 1–3 support for the deployed platform.