DevSecOps Engineer

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As Sr. Dev Sec Ops  Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions.

• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to design and implement automatic technical solutions across multiple classification environments, working independently or as part of the team to address complex technical requirements.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines from scratch in Git Lab CI and Jenkins with integrated security scanning and STIG compliance validation, providing expert guidance to development teams on pipeline troubleshooting and implementing Dev Sec Ops  best practices.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates primarily using Cloud Formation to architect highly available, resilient, and secure Dev Sec Ops  tool infrastructure across AWS environments (Gov Cloud, C2S, TC2S) while ensuring STIG compliance and guiding junior engineers on IaC best practices.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting efforts by analyzing system and application logs using Linux command-line tools, conducting root cause analysis for complex issues, and developing mitigation strategies for service degradation.
• Provide expert security guidance to development teams on secure coding practices, STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, and other best practices in support of their ATO efforts.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing while maintaining technical documentation, promoting best practices, and fostering continuous team improvement.

• Certification to satisfy DoD 8140/8570 (e.g., CompTIA Security+, or equivalent).
• 4+ years as Dev Sec Ops /Dev Ops Engineer, or similar.
• Experience with designing, deploying, and managing production-grade Kubernetes (K8s) or Open Shift clusters, via automation with Ansible and Terraform/Cloud Formation in on-prem and cloud environments.
• Strong Linux experience and understanding.
• Experience with CI/CD (e.g., Git Lab, or equivalent) and containerization.
• Experience with Helm chart development and STIGs (highly preferred).

• An active TS/SCI with polygraph is required.

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland
. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.

We accept applications on an on‑going basis and there is no fixed Final date to receive applications.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$118,900—$155,100 USD