DevOps Engineer - Cloud Automation

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Dev Sec Ops  engineer to build, secure, and operate a shared platform for US federal government mission applications. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering and sustaining EC2 and Kubernetes-based infrastructure hosted in AWS and C2S, using infrastructure as code and Git Ops practices.

• Build and maintain automation that moves applications from commit to production, including continuous integration and delivery pipelines, hardened container images, and automated scanning
• Support teammates managing Authorization to Operate (ATO) and Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities by remediating security findings in platform infrastructure and container images
• Deliver and sustain Kubernetes-based infrastructure using infrastructure as code and Git Ops practices across multiple security domains
• Provide Tier 1-3 support for the deployed platform
• Manage controlled promotion of approved artifacts into air-gapped environments

• 3 years of experience in Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure engineering
• 3 years of experience with Amazon Web Services, including core compute, storage, networking, and identity services such as EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM
• 2 years of experience building and maintaining continuous integration and delivery pipelines using tools such as Git Lab CI, Jenkins, and/or ArgoCD
• 2 years of experience with containers and container orchestration using Kubernetes
• Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar tools
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or 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 level security clearance and willingness to sit for a polygraph

• Experience using AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or Open Code for software development and operational tasks
• 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 restricted-network environments
• AWS EKS experience
• Associate or Professional Level Cloud Certification

$106,300–$206,200 USD base salary for designated high-cost states. Benefits and certifications support available.