DevOps Engineer

Job description

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.

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company and part of global Accenture, to do work that matters in 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.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

Accenture Federal Services (AFS) is looking for DevOps Cloud Solution Engineer with strong technical expertise, business analysis, and customer engagement skills who are passionate about delivering capability to customers.

You will be part of an elite team of enthusiasts designing, building, and supporting the next generation of FinOps applications and services supporting several of the largest U.S. Government cloud networks.

In this role, you will be leveraging Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and/or Google Cloud Platform in support of federal customers.

In this role, you will design, engineer, and deploy cloud infrastructure and services across multiple security domains, create reference architectures and cloud native designs, and enable provisioning automation as well as providing support for customer invoicing automation.

Our ideal candidate is comfortable in technical and business requirements meetings and conversations, and self-motivated to pursue continuous improvement.

A successful candidate will also enjoy solving interesting problems, and work with other members of our engineering teams supporting high profile, complex, technical deliverables.

You will support delivery capability meeting the ever-growing demand of Government customers for better Cloud FinOps.

**Job Roles**

The items below provide a general outline of the roles a DevOps Engineer can expect working as a member of our project teams:

+ Work alongside the product, testing, and development teams using the Agile methodology.
+ DevOps team members help perform testing, assist installation troubleshooting, and have input into future feature enhancements.
+ Perform installations on customer networks.
+ Maintain customer accounts across one or more network security fabrics and customer domains.
+ Manage software through its full lifecycle while installed in customer environments, including providing user support, triaging, and troubleshooting bugs, assisting in gathering requirements for future features, and coordinating software integration with other customer teams.
+ Use automation tooling like CloudFormation, Terraform, and Docker to build robust cloud-native applications.
+ Perform troubleshooting and investigate issues.
+ Team members must be able to independently research and discover root causes to inform development team issue resolution.
+ Obtain/maintain DoD 8570 Level I certifications and other applicable Computing Environment (CE) certifications requirements.

**Qualifications**

+ Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of DevOps experience in lieu of degree
+ 2 years of experience working with cloud-based solutions (Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and/or Google Cloud and/or other cloud technologies)
+ Experience with Python scripts, ability to write small programs, visualize solutions, and debug code.
+ Experience with Infrastructure as Code using tooling such as, but not limited to CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible
+ Proficient with usage of the Linux command line for system administration and troubleshooting
+ IAT Level II Certification

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Proficient with scripting in Bash, Groovy, or similar language
+ Associate or Professional Level Cloud Certifications
+ Working knowledge of build automation and continuous integration/delivery ecosystem: Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker
+ Experience with security in the cloud: Intrusion, penetration, and vulnerability scanning.
+ Exposure to coding languages such as Java Server / Application hardening or familiarity with Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) concepts
+ Proficient with Microsoft Excel (required for cloud billing automation)

**Security Clearance Requirement**

+ Must have TS/SCI to start

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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.

Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits.

You can find more information on benefits here.

(https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/your-future-rewards-benefits) We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, and the District of Columbia is:

$101,300—$153,100 USD

**_What We Believe_**

_As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people.

We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity.

As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included.

This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on._

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