DevOps Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> </div> <div>At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!</div> <div> </div> </div></div><p>We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with hands‑on expertise in Kubernetes and modern containerized infrastructure. This role will support the deployment, automation, scalability, and security of Kubernetes environments across AWS—while maintaining infrastructure-as-code excellence and DevSecOps best practices. </p> <p><em><strong>What you’ll do: </strong></em></p> <p><strong>Kubernetes Deployment, Operations, and Reliability </strong></p> <ul> <li>Deploy, configure, and manage large, production-grade Kubernetes clusters across complex set of environments </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Automate and optimize deployments, services, ingress, storage, networking, and RBAC within Kubernetes</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Troubleshoot complex platform issues within Kubernetes and its ecosystem</li> </ul> <p><strong>Containerization & Platform Engineering </strong></p> <ul> <li>Deploy and maintain containerized DevSecOps Platform services </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Implement container best practices including image optimization, security hardening, and registry management</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Collaborate with development teams to enable seamless, scalable production deployment of containerized workloads</li> </ul> <p><strong>Infrastructure as Code & Automation </strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop and maintain Terraform for AWS resources (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Build and maintain Ansible automation for configuration management and environment consistency</li> </ul> <p><strong>CI/CD Enablement </strong></p> <ul> <li>Build and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments, testing, and security workflows</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Drive continuous improvement in reliability, automation, security, and operational efficiency</li> </ul> <p><strong>Authentication & Security </strong></p> <ul> <li>Configure and maintain Keycloak for identity, access management, and SSO integrations</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Implement and maintain security and compliance controls, especially in regulated environments</li> </ul> <p><strong>Observability & Monitoring </strong></p> <ul> <li>Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc.)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Assist in design