Sr. DevOps Engineer

Accenture Federal Services • Chantilly, VA

2d • $130,000 - $220,000

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to help the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer, and improve the lives of its citizens. Our team of over 13,000 professionals is dedicated to leveraging technology and innovation for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within the global Accenture network. We are recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, offering a supportive community where you can grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Contribute to positive, lasting change that advances missions and the government forward.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience.
• Hands-on experience designing and supporting enterprise CI/CD pipelines, including Jenkins.
• Knowledge of IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience supporting automated testing and software deployment across multi-environment pipelines.
• Strong scripting and automation experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar).
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, and configuration-management tools.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex software, infrastructure, and deployment issues.
• Minimum of an Active Top Secret Clearance.
• US Citizenship.
• 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 supporting machine-learning workflows, MLOps platforms, or AI/ML infrastructure.
• Experience with source control platforms (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms.
• Relevant industry certifications (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Security, DevOps).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert for enterprise DevOps strategy, CI/CD architecture, and secure software delivery.
• Design and implement automated deployment platforms using GitLab, containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud-native patterns aligned to AFS accelerators and compliance frameworks.
• Drive modernization efforts across multiple environments to ensure reliable delivery of applications and machine-learning solutions.
• Establish enterprise-wide DevOps best practices and zero-trust alignment.

Benefits

• Collaborative and caring community
• Opportunities to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more
• Wide variety of benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior