Principal DevSecOps Lead Engineer

📋 Job Overview

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

🏢 About Accenture Federal Services

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture, recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work. We offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

🎯 The Role

As the DevSecOps Lead Engineer, you will be in a “lead by example” role, inspiring a DevSecOps team to excel in delivering for our client. You’ll be a thought-leader in solutions architecture for automating the rollout of our DevSecOps toolkit in AWS Cloud environments. You’ll be a champion of the Agile Mindset, helping to unleash the talents of every team member. Strong knowledge of Kubernetes is a must-have. Cybersecurity principles must be an embedded part of every phase in the team’s Software Delivery Lifecycle, and you’ll be facilitating this in everything we do, to keep the environments and tools compliant for ATO (Authority to Operate) in the client’s networks.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and design effort for all tasks in the backlog (e.g. system design with AWS infrastructure, application upgrades, feature requests, bug fixes).
• Lead implementation of tasks in the backlog.
• Mentor and coach the other DevSecOps engineers on the team, leveraging the Agile Manifesto as guiding principles and inspiration.
• Ensure the security controls are implemented correctly (e.g. no regressions) with each release.
• Ensure the Body of Evidence (BOE) is up-to-date with each release.

📌 Required Qualifications

• BS in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics with 5 years’ experience as an engineering lead OR without a degree have at least 10 years’ experience as an engineering lead
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience applying agile methodologies to the system development life cycle
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with Infrastructure-as-Code / Configuration-as-Code
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with Commercial Cloud Services
• Minimum 3 years’ experience with Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting
• Minimum 2 years’ experience with GitOps
• Minimum 2 years’ experience with Helm
• Minimum 1 year experience with the assessment and accreditation of a national security system (NSS)
• Experience with DevSecOps

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Interest or experience with DevSecOps
• Experience with Linux/Windows in cloud environments
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Amazon Web Services for the DoD/IC (e.g. C2S)
• Experience with Platform One Big Bang service
• IAT level II certification

🎁 Benefits

The base pay range for this position in these locations is $113,500 - $190,100 USD. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Active TS/SCI US Government security clearance is required. 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.