Senior DevSecOps Engineer for Secure AI Pipelines

accenturefederalservices; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 79,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Senior Application Security Engineer (DevSecOps) to bridge security governance with software delivery. You will design and maintain secure application pathways enabling AI-assisted development at scale.

You will lead secure CI/CD practices, integrate tools like Snyk, Nexus, and JFrog, and ensure artifacts are signed and compliant with federal requirements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering and security experience.
• Proven experience securing CI/CD pipelines and delivering production-quality code.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and manage the security backlog, mentoring team members on secure development practices.
• Test web and AI applications for vulnerabilities, triage findings, and provide actionable technical resolutions.
• Architect and maintain secure, automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins.
• Design hardened build processes and implement secure software supply chain controls.
• Implement and maintain SBOM lifecycle processes to ensure full dependency visibility.
• Ensure security-by-design for AI agents, development workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate security tools into developer workflows and manage complex dependency lifecycles.

Skills

CI/CD security

Secure coding

Security governance

Education

CSSLP, CISSP, CCSP certifications

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Sigstore/Cosign

CycloneDX

SPDX

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Senior Application Security Engineer (DevSecOps) to bridge security governance with software delivery. You will design and maintain secure application pathways enabling AI-assisted development at scale.

You will lead secure CI/CD practices, integrate tools like Snyk, Nexus, and JFrog, and ensure artifacts are signed and compliant with federal requirements.