Federal DevSecOps Engineer

Accenture Federal Services; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support a federal agency's software pipeline. You will design and operate a secure DevSecOps environment, integrating security testing and compliance automation throughout the software lifecycle in an Agile/Scrum setting.

You will collaborate with developers, security engineers, and compliance stakeholders to ensure security is built in from the first commit and to enable CI/CD security gates, SAST/DAST, and automation to minimize

Qualifications

• Experience with secure software development lifecycle practices.
• CI/CD security integration and SAST/DAST tooling familiarity.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Assist in analyzing user needs, software requirements, and design docs to develop automated compliance and security posture solutions.
• Utilize Agile DevSecOps practices, following plan-code-build-test-release-deploy-monitor lifecycle for new/modified apps.
• Support CI/CD security gates to ensure secure production deployments.
• Identify gaps in cybersecurity baselines and recommend defense functions (encryption, access control, identity management).
• Develop code interacting with API-driven security tech to automate security tasks and reduce human error.
• Perform integrated QA testing for security functionality and resiliency, tracking defects.
• Support SAST/DAST and coordinate remediation with development teams.
• Document CI/CD security architecture and keep SOPs current.

Skills

CI/CD security

SAST/DAST

Agile/Scrum

Security engineering

Security automation

Education

BS degree

Tools

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Python/Bash/PowerShell

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support a federal agency's software pipeline. You will design and operate a secure DevSecOps environment, integrating security testing and compliance automation throughout the software lifecycle in an Agile/Scrum setting.

You will collaborate with developers, security engineers, and compliance stakeholders to ensure security is built in from the first commit and to enable CI/CD security gates, SAST/DAST, and automation to minimize