Kubernetes Engineer — Federal On-Prem & Security

Accenture-Federal-Services-2; Aberdeen (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Mid-Level Kubernetes Engineer to design, deploy, and operate container platforms for defense, civilian, and health clients. You will harden clusters, implement service meshes, and partner with application teams to enable safe Kubernetes patterns.

You will work in federally regulated environments, building CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks, and IaC with Terraform and Helm, while ensuring compliance and rapid, reliable deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent hands‑on experience
• 4 years of experience operating Kubernetes in production, including cluster administration, workload scheduling, and troubleshooting
• Strong Linux systems fundamentals and scripting ability (Bash, Python, or Go)
• Hands‑on experience with Helm,Kustomize, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform)
• Solid understanding of container networking, RBAC, and Kubernetes security primitives (Pod Security Standards, network policies, secrets management)
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, AKS, OpenShift, or on‑prem/bare‑metal) for production workloads
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for containerized deployment, including GitOps workstreams
• Harden clusters to meet federal security requirements (DISA STIGs, Pod Security Standards)
• Implement and manage service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and secret management (Vault or equivalents)
• Build observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) to monitor health
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize
• Troubleshoot incidents and assist application teams with Kubernetes patterns
• Support ATO and continuous monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and remediation
• Document platform architecture and runbooks for onboarding teams

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Scripting Bash/Python/Go

CI/CD

Security

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Helm

Kustomize

Terraform

ArgoCD

Flux

Istio/Linkerd

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Mid-Level Kubernetes Engineer to design, deploy, and operate container platforms for defense, civilian, and health clients. You will harden clusters, implement service meshes, and partner with application teams to enable safe Kubernetes patterns.

You will work in federally regulated environments, building CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks, and IaC with Terraform and Helm, while ensuring compliance and rapid, reliable deployments.