Senior Cloud Engineer

The role

This person will design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure for mission-critical government workloads. They will lead cloud infrastructure design and delivery for mission workloads across multi-classification environments.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure for mission-critical government workloads across IL2-IL6 environments
• Author and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Architect compute, storage, and networking solutions
• Lead technical design from requirements gathering through implementation and handoff
• Implement and maintain security controls, STIG compliance, and vulnerability remediation
• Partner with Security Engineers and ISSOs on RMF documentation and ATO support
• Manage identity, access, networking, and security controls
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers on design, troubleshooting, and secure practices
• Review infrastructure-as-code changes
• Drive resolution of complex Tier 3 incidents and document root-cause findings

Required qualifications

• 5 years of cloud engineering/infrastructure experience
• 2 years in classified or highly regulated government environments
• Cloud platform experience (e.g: AWS, Azure, or multi-cloud)
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g.: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Experience with containerization/orchestration (e.g.: Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation
• Active Secret clearance

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (certifications may substitute)
• AWS GovCloud
• Experience owning infrastructure design decisions
• Experience with identity/access management, networking, and cloud security controls
• Experience mentoring or leading junior engineers
• CI/CD pipeline design and DevSecOps practices
• Familiarity with multi-classification or cross-domain infrastructure
• AWS/Azure certifications (Solutions Architect or above)
• CompTIA Security+
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD)

Benefits

• hands-on experience
• certifications
• industry training

Before you apply

• Need an active Secret clearance
• 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. Their 13,000+ people pursue technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.