Kubernetes Engineer

The role

You will design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters to support federal client production workloads. You will also build CI/CD pipelines, harden clusters for security, and partner with application teams to adopt Kubernetes patterns.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters supporting federal client production workloads
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for containerized application deployment
• Harden clusters to meet federal security requirements
• Implement and manage service mesh, ingress controllers, and secrets management
• Build observability stacks to monitor cluster and application health
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Infrastructure-as-Code
• Troubleshoot cluster and application incidents
• Partner with application development teams to containerize services
• Support ATO and continuous monitoring processes
• Document platform architecture, operational runbooks, and onboarding guides

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 4 years of experience operating Kubernetes in production
• Strong Linux systems fundamentals and scripting ability (Bash, Python, or Go)
• Hands-on experience with Helm, Kustomize, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• Solid understanding of container networking, RBAC, and Kubernetes security primitives
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• An active TS/SCI clearance is required

Nice to have

• Experience operating Kubernetes within DoD, IC, or other federal environments subject to STIGs, ATO, or Assured Workloads requirements
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• Experience with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux) and service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Familiarity with a major cloud provider's managed Kubernetes offering (EKS, GKE, AKS) or Red Hat OpenShift
• Experience supporting air-gapped or disconnected/limited-connectivity Kubernetes deployments
• Experience with Kubernetes-based AI/ML workload orchestration (Kubeflow, KServe, GPU scheduling)
• Contributions to open-source Kubernetes/CNCF projects

Benefits

• Certifications
• Industry training
• Hands-on experience

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• An active TS/SCI clearance is required
• 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
• Candidates who are 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.