Junior DevSecOps Engineer — CI/CD & Cloud Automation

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 78,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Junior DevSecOps Engineer to help design, secure, and automate delivery pipelines and infrastructure for mission‑critical applications.

You will contribute to CI/CD workflows, implement infrastructure‑as‑code patterns, and enhance observability to improve resilience and compliance while collaborating with development, cloud, and security teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 0–3 years of experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, cloud, or platform engineering roles, or in closely related software/system engineering positions.
• Fundamental understanding of infrastructure components, cloud capabilities, and software‑defined practices, including exposure to automation and configuration management tools.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies and CI/CD tooling used to design and deliver scalable, cost‑effective solutions in an “as‑a‑Service” model.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, troubleshooting, and communication skills with the ability to work effectively as part of cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust investigation and U.S. citizenship as required for this remote federal IT position.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines that automate build, test, security scanning, and deployment activities for mission‑critical systems.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure‑as‑code templates and automation to provision and configure cloud and on‑premises environments in a consistent manner.
• Integrate security baselines, policy checks, and monitoring capabilities into pipelines to enforce DevSecOps practices across environments.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, and security teams to select and standardize DevSecOps toolchains that support an “as‑a‑Service” delivery model.
• Support auto‑provisioning of infrastructure components, including compute, storage, and networks, leveraging automation tools and software‑defined practices.
• Troubleshoot build, deployment, and environment issues, documenting root causes and contributing to continuous improvement of pipelines and platform reliability.
• Create and maintain documentation for pipeline configurations, infrastructure patterns, and DevSecOps procedures to support knowledge sharing and onboarding.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Automation tools

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud environments

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Junior DevSecOps Engineer to help design, secure, and automate delivery pipelines and infrastructure for mission‑critical applications.

You will contribute to CI/CD workflows, implement infrastructure‑as‑code patterns, and enhance observability to improve resilience and compliance while collaborating with development, cloud, and security teams.