Senior DevOps Engineer

Accenture Federal Services • Colorado Springs, CO

32d • Onsite

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to help the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer, and improve people's lives. We are a technology company within global Accenture, with over 13,000 employees dedicated to leveraging technology and ingenuity for clients in defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. We are recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, fostering a collaborative and supportive community that empowers growth through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Join us to drive meaningful change and advance government missions. We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes and modern containerized infrastructure. This role involves designing, automating, scaling, and securing Kubernetes environments on AWS, while promoting infrastructure-as-code and DevSecOps best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with DevOps or infrastructure engineering
• 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes (including deployments, services, ingress, storage and/or RBAC)
• 5+ years of experience with AWS (including EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, and/or CloudWatch)
• 5+ years of experience with container technology (Docker, Podman, or containerd)
• 5+ years of experience troubleshooting technical issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams
• 3+ years of experience with IAM (policies, roles, & service accounts)
• 3+ years of experience with Keycloak administration
• 3+ years of experience with Terraform and Ansible automation
• 3+ years of experience with GitLab CI/CD pipeline development
• 3+ years of experience with networking fundamentals and service mesh familiarity
• 3+ years of experience with government/compliance frameworks (800-53/800-171)
• 3+ years of experience with scripting (Bash, Python)
• 3+ years of experience with Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux)
• CompTIA Security+ or other DoD 8140 qualified certification (expected within 90 days of hire)
• Must have an active TS/SCI level government clearance
• Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Platform One BigBang
• Experience with Istio or other service meshes
• Experience with vulnerability management and security scanning tools
• Experience with Prometheus/Grafana/Loki stacks
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• AWS Certification: Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security certifications

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage large, production-grade Kubernetes clusters across complex environments.
• Automate and optimize deployments, services, ingress, storage, networking, and RBAC within Kubernetes.
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues within Kubernetes and its ecosystem.
• Deploy and maintain containerized DevSecOps Platform services.
• Implement container best practices including image optimization, security hardening, and registry management.
• Collaborate with development teams to enable seamless, scalable production deployment of containerized workloads.
• Develop and maintain Terraform for AWS resources (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Build and maintain Ansible automation for configuration management and environment consistency.
• Build and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments, testing, and security workflows.
• Drive continuous improvement in reliability, automation, security, and operational efficiency.
• Configure and maintain Keycloak for identity, access management, and SSO integrations.
• Implement and maintain security and compliance controls, especially in regulated environments.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc.).
• Assist in the design and implementation of scalable monitoring infrastructure components across infrastructure.
• Advise on platform architecture and containerization strategies.
• Mentor junior engineers in Kubernetes, containers, and automation practices.

Benefits

• Hands-on experience
• Certifications
• Industry training
• Reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in specific locations
• Wide variety of benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed