Automation Lead — Data Platforms & CI/CD

Accenture Federal Services; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks an Automation Lead to drive efficiency across a data platform. You will lead a specialized team, set automation strategy, and contribute to core tool development.

Focus is on building scalable CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, and automation patterns that accelerate mission-critical data capabilities. The role requires strong Python, Terraform expertise, and experience with AWS/Azure, plus a leadership track record.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps, SRE, or automation-focused software/data engineering
• At least 2 years in technical leadership or mentorship
• Expert-level IaC with Terraform
• Deep experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions)
• Strong scripting/programming in Python
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure)
• US Citizenship (No Dual Citizenship)

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of automation engineers.
• Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for data engineering, software, and MLOps workflows.
• Develop and own IaC strategy, creating reusable Terraform modules.
• Architect automated testing, monitoring, and alerting for data platforms and pipelines.
• Champion automation best practices and provide templates for adoption.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Products, and AI/ML teams to deliver automation solutions.
• Evaluate new automation technologies and tools to improve capabilities.
• Script and automate complex tasks to reduce manual toil and errors.

Skills

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Python

GitLab CI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

AWS

Azure

Leadership

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks an Automation Lead to drive efficiency across a data platform. You will lead a specialized team, set automation strategy, and contribute to core tool development.

Focus is on building scalable CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, and automation patterns that accelerate mission-critical data capabilities. The role requires strong Python, Terraform expertise, and experience with AWS/Azure, plus a leadership track record.