DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes & Cloud Platform Lead

accenturefederalservices; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support Kubernetes and modern containerized infrastructure for our Northern Virginia client. You will help deploy, automate, scale, and secure Kubernetes environments in AWS, while applying IaC, CI/CD, and security best practices.

The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and collaboration with development teams to enable scalable workloads and robust platform services.

Qualifications

• 3 years in a DevOps, Infra Eng, or SRE role.
• CompTIA Security+ or DoD 8140 cert at time of hire.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools (Terraform or Ansible).

Responsibilities

• Deploy, operate, and ensure reliability of production Kubernetes clusters.
• Automate deployments and CI/CD workflows.
• Implement security controls and IaC best practices.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to enable scalable deployments.
• Drive observability and performance improvements.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS Cloud

Terraform

Ansible

Bash/Python scripting

IAM concepts

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support Kubernetes and modern containerized infrastructure for our Northern Virginia client. You will help deploy, automate, scale, and secure Kubernetes environments in AWS, while applying IaC, CI/CD, and security best practices.

The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and collaboration with development teams to enable scalable workloads and robust platform services.