DevSecOps Engineer

Accenture Federal Services; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 157,800 - 184,900; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer located in Reston, Virginia, to design and maintain secure development pipelines. This role requires 10 years of experience in infrastructure automation and expertise in AWS. Responsibilities include developing CI/CD pipelines, guiding teams on security practices, and mentoring junior engineers. An active TS/SCI with polygraph is required. The compensation range is $157,800—$184,900 USD, based on market factors.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong experience with infrastructure automation and scalability.
• Expert understanding of AWS capabilities and secure cloud-based infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automatic technical solutions across multiple environments.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning.
• Create and maintain IaC templates for DevSecOps infrastructure.

Skills

DevSecOps

Infrastructure automation

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Security best practices

Mentoring

Education

Minimum IAT Level 2 Certification (CompTIA Security+, GSEC, SSCP, etc)

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

CloudFormation

Terraform

Python

Bash

Job description

Job Description

As Sr. DevSecOps Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with customers and internal teams to design and implement automatic technical solutions across multiple classification environments, working independently or as part of the team to address complex technical requirements. Develop CI/CD pipelines from scratch in GitLab CI and Jenkins with integrated security scanning and STIG compliance validation, providing expert guidance to development teams on pipeline troubleshooting and implementing DevSecOps best practices. Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates primarily using CloudFormation to architect highly available, resilient, and secure DevSecOps tool infrastructure across AWS environments (GovCloud, C2S, TC2S) while ensuring STIG compliance and guiding junior engineers on IaC best practices. Lead advanced troubleshooting efforts by analyzing system and application logs using Linux command-line tools, conducting root cause analysis for complex issues, and developing mitigation strategies for service degradation. Provide expert security guidance to development teams on secure coding practices, STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, and other best practices in support of their ATO efforts. Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing while maintaining technical documentation, promoting best practices, and fostering continuous team improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum IAT Level 2 Certification (CompTIA Security+, GSEC, SSCP, etc)
• 10 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a strong focus on infrastructure automation, scalability, and reliability across the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and other automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, and Prisma Cloud).
• Experience delivering DevSecOps services across multiple classified domains.
• Expert understanding of AWS capabilities (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, etc) and architecting secure cloud-based infrastructure and services. (familiarity with other cloud platforms a plus)
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Strong experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash), in a Linux environment (RHEL, Oracle Linux, or similar).

Clearance

• An active TS/SCI with polygraph is required.

Compensation

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is $157,800—$184,900 USD. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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