DevOps / Platform 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><div> Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to join our secure cloud platform team supporting government customers at Hill Air Force Base. This role is execution-focused with strong DevOps engineering depth. You will design, build, and operate the CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and platform tooling that enable rapid, secure delivery across a complex government program.</div> <p>This role operates at the intersection of development and operations. The ideal candidate brings hands-on GitOps and infrastructure-as-code expertise, is comfortable in classified multi-network environments, and embodies extreme ownership—taking full accountability for infrastructure components from design through production operations.</p> <p><strong>What Success Looks Like:</strong></p> <ul> <li>CI/CD pipelines are reliable, automated, and integrated with security scanning, enabling teams to deliver faster without introducing risk</li> <li>Infrastructure is defined as code, version-controlled, and repeatable across environments—no snowflake systems</li> <li>Platform tooling (Crossplane, Backstage, Argo CD) reduces friction for engineering teams and accelerates delivery velocity</li> <li>Security and compliance controls are baked into pipelines, not bolted on; STIGs, accreditation requirements, and hardening standards are met without slowing delivery</li> <li>You operate with minimal supervision, proactively identifying infrastructure gaps, driving solutions, and communicating impact to stakeholders</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you’ll do: </strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>DevOps & Platform Engineering</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <ul> <li>Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable delivery across government cloud environments</li> <li>Build and manage infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Ansible, and AWS CDK to enable consistent, repeatable deployments</li> <li>Operate and evolve platform engineering tooling including Crossplane, Backstage, and Argo CD for self-service delivery infrastructure</li> <li>Implement and maintain GitOps workflows using GitLab and/or GitHub, supporting advanced branching strategies, code review, and pipeline orchestration</li> <li>Manage containerization and orchestration across development and production environments using Kubernetes and Docker</li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>Cloud Infrastructure & Operations</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <ul> <li>Design and implement secure, scalable cloud architectures on AWS GovCloud (primary) and Azure Government</li> <li>Configure and optimize net