Cloud Engineer

Accenture Federal Services; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 106,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, engineer, and integrate the cloud environment that underpins the WDP System. You will implement cloud services, optimize for performance and cost, and ensure security, scalability, and high availability across multi-cloud and hybrid setups.

You will architect IaC-driven provisioning, set governance, design cloud networking, and monitor cloud operations while meeting DoD 8140 requirements and security clearance expectations.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in CS, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Software Engineering.
• Equivalent Training: Systems Developer (Advanced) Playlist.
• Professional Certification: FITSP-D, GCSA, GISF or SSCP.
• 8 years of experience in cloud engineering, automation, and security in enterprise environments.
• Must meet DoD 8140 requirements.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage cloud services, optimize architecture for performance and cost, and ensure secure, scalable, and highly available environments.
• Architect multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions, implement IaC to automate provisioning, and establish cloud governance policies.
• Design cloud networking (VPCs, subnets, on-prem connections), configure security controls, and implement monitoring and logging.
• Optimize resource utilization, enable auto-scaling, and design disaster recovery and business continuity for cloud workloads.
• Evaluate new cloud services, maintain architecture documentation, and provide cloud expertise to teams.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Automation

Security

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Cloud architecture

Education

Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science / Cybersecurity / Data Science / Information Systems / Information Technology / Software Engineering

Equivalent Training: Systems Developer (Advanced) Playlist

Professional Certification: FITSP-D / GCSA / GISF / SSCP

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Job description

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!

Job Description

The Cloud Engineer will design, engineer, and integrate the cloud environment that forms the foundation of the WDP System.

The work

• Implement and manage cloud services, optimize the cloud architecture for performance and cost, and ensure the environment is secure, scalable, and highly available.
• Architect multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions to meet specific requirements, implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate cloud resource provisioning, and establish cloud governance policies and guardrails.
• Design and implement cloud networking solutions including VPCs, subnets, and connectivity to on-premises resources, configure cloud security services and controls to protect cloud resources, and implement cloud monitoring and logging solutions to provide visibility into operations.
• Optimize cloud resource utilization to control costs, implement auto-scaling solutions to handle variable workloads, and design disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for cloud workloads.
• Evaluate new cloud services and features for potential adoption, maintain cloud architecture documentation, and provide cloud expertise to other teams.

Must have

• Candidates must meet one of the following three areas:

  1. Advanced Degree:
     • Master’s degree or Ph.D. in one of the following fields: Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Software Engineering.
  2. Equivalent Training:

     Completion of one of the following accepted training programs:

     • Systems Developer (Advanced) Playlist
  3. Professional Certification:

     Holding one of these certifications:

     • FITSP-D
     • GCSA
     • GISF
     • SSCP

• 8 years of experience in cloud engineering, automation, and security in enterprise environments

• Must meet DoD 8140 requirements

Security Clearance

• Active Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, or TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required, depending on position

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$106,300—$221,100 USD

_ What We Believe _

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.

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