Posted May 18, 2026
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 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. Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward! Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to join our secure cloud platform team supporting government customers at Hill Air Force Base. This role is execution-focused with strong data platform engineering depth — you will design, build, and operate the streaming and batch data pipelines, lakehouse patterns, and platform services that enable rapid, secure delivery across a complex government program. The ideal candidate brings hands-on GitOps and infrastructure-as-code expertise, is comfortable in classified multi-network environments, and embodies extreme ownership. What Success looks like:
Data pipelines are reliable, automated, and instrumented with observability and quality gates. - Platform services (Kafka, Airflow, Spark, EMR/Glue/Redshift) are standardized and version-controlled. - Infrastructure is defined as code and operated through GitOps — no snowflake systems. - Security and compliance controls are embedded into pipelines and platform services. - You operate with minimal supervision and proactively close gaps.
DevOps & Platform Engineering
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD for data pipelines and platform services
Build and manage IaC using Terraform, Ansible, and AWS CDK
Operate tooling: Crossplane, Backstage, Argo CD
Implement GitOps workflows using GitLab/GitHub
Manage Kubernetes and Docker for data services
Cloud Infrastructure & Operations
Design secure, scalable data platform architectures on AWS GovCloud and Azure Government
Optimize network architecture for data movement
Manage IAM and secrets for pipelines
Administer Linux/Windows systems with monitoring and logging
Troubleshoot and optimize pipelines (Kafka/Spark tuning, S3/Redshift patterns)
Security & Compliance
Implement security controls aligned with NIST, FedRAMP, and DISA STIG
Embed data governance: classification, lineage, retention, encryption
Integrate automated security and policy-as-code checks
Support audits, ATO, and compliance assessments
Manage encryption, keys, and access in classified networks
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
Operate within SAFe Agile ceremonies
Mentor peers and drive engineering standards
Identify optimization opportunities across platform components
Document runbooks and operational procedures
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