AF Cloud Platform Engineer Accenture Federal Services · Tampa · Platform & Infrastructure –ago

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AFSisseekinga highly skilled and experienced Cloud Platform Engineer
tojoin our team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Cloud Native Applications&Dev Sec Ops (DSOP), including automation, cloud services,container orchestration &software development. This role requiresa strong foundation in Linux engineering with skills in containerization technologies,CICD,and experience working inpublic and private clouds.

The candidate will have a proven track recordin automating softwaredeploymentsand implementing solutions to accelerate release cycles.

Thisrole’score responsibility revolves around empowering development teams with a robust platform that streamlines processes and enhances collaboration.

• Implement,maintain, and support build, integration & test, and deployment pipelines,utilizing tools such as Kubernetes, Gitlab,ArgoCD,etc, across hybrid cloud computing environments.
• Read and understand various application programming interfaces (APIs) and implement automation as required.
• Develop& Improve automation for efficient deployment and management of cloud resources using tools such as Terraform,Ansible.
• Integrate security and compliance into the platform by implementing services such as encryption and access management to meet DISA STIGs compliance with security standards and policies across hybrid containerized environments.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate Dev Ops practices into the software development lifecycle, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Assist development teams with implementing containerized deploymentsutilizingtools such as Kustomize, Helm and Docker/Podman.
• Account for disaster recovery scenarios, implement & testbackupand recovery procedures.
• Monitor the environment for performance metrics and alerts,identifybottlenecksand implement effective solutions.
• Stay abreast oflatest
  
  Dev Sec Opsand  Cloud Native technologies and work with stakeholders to recommend more efficient solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience with a minimum of 3 years' direct experience with any of the following:
• Experience with Linux/Unix Administration.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, particularly Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proficient in one or more computer programming languages commonly used in scripting & automation. Such as, but not limited to Bash, Python, Go, Rust
• Demonstrated experience in automating cloud deployments and developing infrastructure as code (IaC).

• Possess andmaintainrelevant DoD 8570/8140
  
  IAT level II Certification
• Familiarity with open-source tooling, contributing to open-source tools, ability to find root cause and open useful issues.
• Prior experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Consul,Linkerd)
• Background in VMWARE vSphere and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Proficient in applying DISA STIGs within cloud and containerized environments.
• Possess one or more of the following certifications:
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
  • AWS Dev Ops Professional
  • GIAC Cloud Security Automation
  • Hashi Corp Certified  Terraform Associate or equivalent experience

• An Active TS/SCI is required

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