Platform Engineer – Mission-Critical Federal Systems

Accenture Federal Services; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Platform Engineer to develop and maintain core platform tools and services for government data management and analytics, enabling mission-critical tasks with containerization, orchestration, and service meshes. You will build self-service tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and ensure security compliance while optimizing performance.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of enterprise platform experience, plus DoD 8140 compliance and eligibility for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• At least 8 years of experience developing and supporting platform services in an enterprise setting.
• Must meet DoD 8140 requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement platform capabilities including containerization, orchestration, and service meshes.
• Create self-service tools to improve developer productivity.
• Establish platform monitoring, observability, and security controls.

Skills

Platform services

Enterprise IT experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/SE/related

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Platform Engineer to develop and maintain core platform tools and services for government data management and analytics, enabling mission-critical tasks with containerization, orchestration, and service meshes. You will build self-service tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and ensure security compliance while optimizing performance.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of enterprise platform experience, plus DoD 8140 compliance and eligibility for