Senior DevOps 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.

🎯 The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with deep, hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and modern containerized infrastructure. This role assists with the design, automation, scalability, and security of Kubernetes environments across AWS—while driving infrastructure-as-code excellence and DevSecOps best practices.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage large, production-grade Kubernetes clusters across complex set of environments
• Automate and optimize deployments, services, ingress, storage, networking, and RBAC within Kubernetes
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues within Kubernetes and its ecosystem
• Deploy and maintain containerized DevSecOps Platform services
• Implement container best practices including image optimization, security hardening, and registry management
• Collaborate with development teams to enable seamless, scalable production deployment of containerized workloads
• Develop and maintain Terraform for AWS resources (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Build and maintain Ansible automation for configuration management and environment consistency
• Build and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments, testing, and security workflows
• Configure and maintain Keycloak for identity, access management, and SSO integrations
• Implement and maintain security and compliance controls, especially in regulated environments
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc.)
• Advise on platform architecture and containerization strategies
• Mentor junior engineers in Kubernetes, containers, and automation practices

📌 Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with: DevOps or infrastructure engineering, Kubernetes (including deployments, services, ingress, storage and/or RBAC), AWS (including EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, and/or CloudWatch), Container technology (Docker, Podman, or containerd), Troubleshooting technical issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams
• 3+ years of experience with: IAM (policies, roles, & service accounts), Keycloak administration, Terraform and Ansible automation, GitLab CI/CD pipeline development, Networking fundamentals and service mesh familiarity, Government/compliance frameworks (800-53/800-171), Scripting (Bash, Python), Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux)
• CompTIA Security+ or other DoD 8140 qualified certification (expected within 90 days of hire)

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with: Platform One BigBang, Istio or other service meshes, Vulnerability management and security scanning tools, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki stacks
• Recommended Certifications: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), AWS Certification: Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security certifications

🎁 Benefits

The base pay range for this position in these locations is $116,900 - $243,100 USD. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Must have an active TS/SCI level government clearance. 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.