Innovation and Automation Lead

The role

You will lead a specialized team to build core automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and reusable patterns. You will set technical strategy and develop foundational tools to eliminate manual toil and accelerate data capabilities.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of automation engineers.
• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and own the strategy for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Architect and implement automated solutions for testing, monitoring, and alerting.
• Champion automation best practices across all engineering teams.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Products, and AI/ML teams.
• Evaluate, prototype, and recommend new automation technologies and tools.
• Script and automate complex, repetitive tasks.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or automation-focused software/data engineering.
• At least 2 years of experience in a technical leadership, team lead, or mentorship capacity.
• Expert-level, hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform.
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Strong scripting and programming skills, with expert proficiency in Python.
• Proven experience working in a cloud environment (AWS, Azure).
• US Citizenship (No Dual Citizenship).
• Active TS or TS/SCI clearance

Nice to have

• Experience building automation specifically for data platforms like Databricks or Snowflake.
• Familiarity with MLOps principles and tools (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience working in a high-security DoD or Intelligence Community environment.

Benefits

• Certifications
• Industry training
• Hands-on experience

Before you apply

• US Citizenship (No Dual Citizenship)
• Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
• Candidates currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

About the company

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture that helps the US federal government. Its 13,000+ people pursue technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.