DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer - Accenture Federal Services

OpenTalent; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to architect and maintain scalable, resilient systems for high-volume data alerting. The role emphasizes Kubernetes orchestration, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and robust observability through Grafana and logging/alerting frameworks in a DevOps-driven environment.

You will collaborate with development teams to streamline CI/CD, enhance security practices, and automate infrastructure using Terraform on AWS, including EKS, EC2, and S3.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps or a similar field.
• Kubernetes experience with container orchestration.
• Proficient with RabbitMQ and Kafka for large-scale data streams.

Responsibilities

• Optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS (EKS, EC2, S3) and automate provisioning with Terraform.
• Design robust routing and DNS solutions to ensure high availability across distributed systems.

Tools

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

Kafka

EKS

AWS

EC2

S3

Terraform

Grafana

Routing

DNS

Logging

Alerting

Job description

Job Description

As an Infrastructure Engineer in this role, you will be responsible for architecting and maintaining scalable, resilient systems that support high-volume data alerting within a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You will leverage your expertise in Kubernetes to orchestrate containerized workloads, ensuring seamless deployment and management of applications.

Success in this position will be driven by your hands-on experience with messaging platforms like RabbitMQ and Kafka, which are essential for handling large-scale data streams and ensuring reliable communication between services. You will benefit from familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, as well as logging and alerting frameworks that enable proactive incident response. Exposure to DevOps methodologies will be crucial, as you will collaborate closely with development teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and enhance operational efficiency. Your ability to troubleshoot complex issues and implement best practices in cloud security and automation will set you apart in this challenging and rewarding role.

Here's what you'll do

• Optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS, utilize services such as EKS, EC2, and S3, and implement infrastructure as code with Terraform to automate provisioning and configuration.
• Design robust routing and DNS solutions to guarantee high availability and performance across distributed systems.

Here is what you need

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps or a similar field.
• Kubernetes
• RabbitMQ
• Kafka
• EKS
• AWS
• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• S3
• Terraform
• Routing
• DNS
• Grafana
• Logging
• Alerting

Bonus points if you have

• Experience with scalable applications on Kubernetes.
• Experience handling high volume data alerts.
• Experience working on large projects in complex, fast-paced environments.

Security clearance

• Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required.