AWS Cloud Engineer - OpenFGA on EKS, IaC & Security

Accenture Federal Services; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to deploy, configure, and operate OpenFGA infrastructure on AWS EKS, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

You will design infrastructure-as-code pipelines with Terraform and Argo CD, implement networking, IAM controls, and disaster recovery, and contribute to cost optimization while supporting on-call rotation. The role requires onsite presence in Arlington 2-3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud engineering, preferably AWS.
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform and Argo CD
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitLab
• Understanding of networking concepts like VPN, VPCs, DNS, and load balancing
• Basic scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Active Secret clearance
• Must be willing to go onsite 2-3x/week in Arlington

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure OpenFGA on AWS EKS cluster
• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code (Terraform / Argo CD)
• Configure networking, load balancing, and service mesh
• Ensure security compliance (IAM, security groups, encryption, network policies)
• Manage database infrastructure for OpenFGA (RDS/Aurora)
• Implement backup and disaster recovery procedures
• Optimize resource utilization and costs
• Participate in on-call rotation for infrastructure support
• Document infrastructure architecture and runbooks

Skills

AWS Cloud

Cloud engineering

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Networking

Active Secret clearance

Onsite availability Arlington

Tools

Terraform

Argo CD

GitLab

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to deploy, configure, and operate OpenFGA infrastructure on AWS EKS, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

You will design infrastructure-as-code pipelines with Terraform and Argo CD, implement networking, IAM controls, and disaster recovery, and contribute to cost optimization while supporting on-call rotation. The role requires onsite presence in Arlington 2-3 days per week.