Cleared AWS Cloud Engineer

Accenture; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in Arlington, VA seeks an AWS Cloud Engineer to deploy, configure, and operate OpenFGA on AWS EKS, prioritizing reliability, security, and performance. The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform and Argo CD, plus networking and cost optimization.

You'll work with GitLab pipelines, scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell), and on-call rotations, onsite 2–3x per week in Arlington, contributing to secure, scalable cloud infrastructure delivery.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure OpenFGA on AWS EKS clusters.
• 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 Engineering

OpenFGA on AWS EKS

IaC (Terraform / Argo CD)

CI/CD (GitLab)

Networking concepts

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Active Secret clearance

Onsite Arlington

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Argo CD

GitLab

Job description

The work:

AWS Cloud Engineer will deploy, configure, and operate OpenFGA infrastructure on AWS EKS, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. 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

Here’s what you need:

• 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

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