Principal DevSecOps Engineer

Accenture Federal Services delivers a range of innovative, tech-enabled services for the U.S. Federal Government to address the complex, sensitive challenges of national security and intelligence missions.

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Responsibilities include:

• Lead the planning and design effort for all tasks in the backlog (e.g. POA&M items, component upgrades, feature requests, bug fixes)
• Implement tasks in the backlog (e.g. POA&M items, component upgrades, feature requests, bug fixes)
• Review all changes to the baseline
• Ensure the software can be deployed successfully in all environments (AC2SP Virtual Private Clouds on all domains)
• Ensure the security controls are implemented correctly (e.g. no regressions) with each release
• Ensure the Body of Evidence (BOE) is up-to-date with each release
• Available to support team onsite as needed

Basic Qualifications:

• BS Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics, with at least 10 years experience as an engineering lead
• 8+ years experience applying agile methodologies to the system development life cycle
• 5+ years experience with Infrastructure-as-Code / Configuration-as-Code
• 5+ years experience with Commercial Cloud Services
• 5+ years experience with Kubernetes
• 2+ years experience with GitOps
• 2+ years experience with the Platform One Big Bang service
• 1+ years experience with assessment and accreditation on NIPR, SIPR, JWICS with the US Army G2

Desired Skills:

• 5+ years experience with Terraform
• 5+ years experience with Amazon Web Services for the DoD/IC (e.g. C2S)

Security Clearance:

• Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance

Eligibility Requirements

US Citizenship required.

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Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture Federal Services

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