The Role
Designs, builds, maintains, and improves secure infrastructure and DevSecOps processes across production, QA, and development environments. Responsibilities include automating deployments, backups, monitoring, security controls, and infrastructure capabilities; supporting CI/CD, cloud, configuration management, and classified environments; troubleshooting systems; and ensuring end-to-end quality and compliance with security standards. The role requires extensive DevSecOps experience, IAT Level 2 certification, AWS and Linux expertise, programming or scripting skills, and an active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Summary Generated by Built In
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!
Job Description:
As a DevSecOps Engineer III, you will design, build, and maintain a stable and efficient infrastructure to optimize service delivery across production, QA, and development environments throughout the development lifecycle.
The work you'll do:
- Monitor, troubleshoot, maintain, and continuously improve building, packaging, and deployment processes.
- Implement automated infrastructure capabilities like backups, security tools, monitoring.
- Utilize a consistent DevOps approach to improve all phases of the process and ensure end-to-end quality across functions.
Here's what you'll need:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Certification to satisfy IAT Level 2 (e.g., Security+, GSEC, SSCP, or similar).
- 7+ years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a strong focus on infrastructure automation, scalability, and reliability across the software development lifecycle; and delivering DevSecOps services across multiple classified domains (e.g., IL5, IL6+).
- Knowledge of deployment/configuration management tools like Jenkins, Maven, Puppet, and/or Ansible.
- Experience utilizing version control tools like GIT, Bitbucket, SVN, and/or CVS.
- Experienced with network infrastructure, database, cloud and data center operations, and security protocols.
- Strong knowledge of Linux and/or Windows OS.
- Understands AWS and other services.
- Experience with programming and scripting with languages like Python, Perl, Bash, PHP, Java, SQL, or C++.
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and other automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, and/or Prisma Cloud).
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash), in a Linux environment (e.g., RHEL, Oracle Linux, or similar).
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform and/or CloudFormation, Ansible).
- Experience with Tier 1-3 customer support and ticketing systems (e.g., GitLab Service Desk or ServiceNow).
- Understanding of AWS capabilities (e.g., EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, etc) and architecting secure cloud-based infrastructure and services.
- Hands-on experience configuring applications and systems to comply with Secure Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and Security Requirements Guide (SRG) by implementing security best practices.
- Knowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, and exposure to security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST, OpenSCAP).
- Ability to work independently and communicate with stakeholders across a global enterprise and cross-functional teams to drive project completion.
Security clearance:
- Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance 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, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. 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. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:
$100,200—$203,400 USD
What We Believe
As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of the Accenture Federal Services Equal Opportunity Policy Statement.
Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Additionally, as an Affirmative Action Employer for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
Requesting An Accommodation
Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture Federal Services and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.
If you are being considered for employment opportunities with Accenture Federal Services and need an accommodation for a disability or religious observance during the interview process or for the job you are interviewing for, please speak with your recruiter.
Other Employment Statements
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.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.
The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- IAT Level 2 certification, such as Security+, GSEC, SSCP, or similar
- 7+ years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or in a similar role
- Experience with infrastructure automation, scalability, reliability, and DevSecOps services across classified domains including IL5 and IL6+
- Knowledge of Jenkins, Maven, Puppet, and/or Ansible
- Experience with Git, Bitbucket, SVN, and/or CVS
- Experience with network infrastructure, databases, cloud and data center operations, and security protocols
- Strong knowledge of Linux and/or Windows operating systems
- Understanding of AWS and related cloud services
- Programming or scripting experience with Python, Perl, Bash, PHP, Java, SQL, or C++
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, and/or Prisma Cloud
- Experience with Python or Bash scripting in Linux environments such as RHEL or Oracle Linux
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
- Experience with Tier 1-3 customer support and ticketing systems such as GitLab Service Desk or ServiceNow
- Experience architecting secure AWS infrastructure using services such as EC2, S3, IAM, and RDS
- Hands-on experience configuring systems to comply with STIG and SRG requirements
- Knowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, OWASP, NIST, and OpenSCAP
- Ability to work independently and communicate with global enterprise stakeholders and cross-functional teams
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance
- US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship
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The Company
What We Do
Accenture Federal Services is a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture LLP. It empowers US federal agencies to reinvent their operations and deliver missions faster using technology and AI. By leveraging mission expertise and commercial innovation, the company provides solutions in cloud, data, and cybersecurity to help the government make the nation stronger, safer, and more resilient.
