Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer: Secure Gov CI/CD

Linuxconfig; Huntsville, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design and operate secure CI/CD pipelines, platform tooling, and IaC for cloud-based systems. You will build automation and platform capabilities with deep Linux systems administration and DevSecOpsEmbedded into deployments.

You’ll deliver reusable, version‑controlled infrastructure and security controls built into pipelines from the start, enabling faster deployments and robust platform operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or cloud platform engineering, incl. CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• 3+ years of experience with RHEL or CentOS systems administration.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or 4+ years of relevant job or military experience in lieu of degree.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or higher (Security+, CISSP, CASP, or equivalent), or DoD 8140 equivalent.

Responsibilities

• CI/CD pipeline architecture and platform tooling (Kubernetes, GitOps, and internal developer platform components).
• Infrastructure-as-code development across platform components (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Deep Linux/RHEL systems administration and hardening for platform infrastructure.
• Security compliance integration — NIST 800-53, DISA STIGs, and FedRAMP — built into deployment pipelines by default.
• Identity and access management, encryption, and network security implementation.
• Troubleshooting and root‑cause resolution across the full technology stack.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

GitOps

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Linux administration

Security compliance

Identity & access management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

4+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Crossplane

Backstage

Argo CD

Docker

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design and operate secure CI/CD pipelines, platform tooling, and IaC for cloud-based systems. You will build automation and platform capabilities with deep Linux systems administration and DevSecOpsEmbedded into deployments.

You’ll deliver reusable, version‑controlled infrastructure and security controls built into pipelines from the start, enabling faster deployments and robust platform operations.