Cloud Engineer (AI) - Senior (Active Top Secret required)

The role

The Senior Cloud Engineer (AI Integration) supports advanced AI/ML workloads by designing secure, scalable cloud environments. This role builds and optimizes cloud infrastructure for distributed model training, high performance compute, and low latency inference.

What you will do

• Design and implement cloud architectures optimized for AI/ML compute, storage, and networking needs.
• Automate cloud infrastructure using DevSecOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Integrate public cloud platforms with on-premises hyperconverged systems and accelerator hardware.
• Support secure, high availability operations for classified or mission critical AI applications.
• Manage container orchestration platforms and ensure efficient multi-tenant operations.
• Implement data and model governance practices to maintain secure AI pipelines.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or related technical roles.
• Hands-on experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of AI/ML compute environments, distributed systems, or HPC.
• Skills in IaC (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation) and DevSecOps pipelines.
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and cloud networking/storage optimization.
• Strong understanding of secure cloud practices and multi enclave operations.
• Effective communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Active Top Secret clearance required

Nice to have

• Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud integrations.
• Familiarity with GPU/accelerator hardware and AI optimized cloud patterns.
• Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect).
• Experience working in high security or classified environments.

Benefits

• hands-on experience
• certifications
• industry training

Before you apply

• Active Top Secret clearance required
• Applicants 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.