Senior DevOps Architect — Kubernetes & Cloud Platforms

Accenture PLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 158,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

US Citizenship Required

Security clearance eligibility

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior DevOps and Kubernetes Architect to lead the design, development, and operation of secure, scalable cloud-native platforms across AWS, Kubernetes, and enterprise environments. The role emphasizes hands-on technical leadership with strategic vision to drive platform innovation and operational excellence.

You will guide CI/CD, GitOps, IaC, and observability practices while mentoring engineers, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Kubernetes, or cloud platform architecture.
• Strong expertise in AWS with a proven track record of designing and implementing Amazon EKS solutions.
• Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Kubespray, ArgoCD, and GitOps workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform architecture efforts for secure, scalable cloud-native platforms.
• Oversee infrastructure automation and implement industry best practices in GitOps, CI/CD, and observability.
• Mentor engineering teams and align platform capabilities with mission-critical objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure security, governance, and lifecycle management.

Skills

DevOps

Kubernetes

AWS

GitOps

CI/CD

Observability

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Open-source tools

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubespray

ArgoCD

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

Vault

Consul

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior DevOps and Kubernetes Architect to lead the design, development, and operation of secure, scalable cloud-native platforms across AWS, Kubernetes, and enterprise environments. The role emphasizes hands-on technical leadership with strategic vision to drive platform innovation and operational excellence.

You will guide CI/CD, GitOps, IaC, and observability practices while mentoring engineers, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with