Federal Cloud Operator: AWS, Windows & Linux

Accenture Federal Services; Virginia; On-site; USD 94,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Cloud Operator with Windows and Linux administration experience to support a fully automated cloud-based IT environment for U.S. federal government missions.

The role spans the full IT project lifecycle, including security hardening, configuration management, and production support for enterprise systems. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of general SysAdmin experience, cloud (AWS) exposure, and DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• 2 years of general systems administration experience with progressive responsibilities.
• 2 years of Windows or Linux system administration duties.
• Experience supporting a cloud environment (AWS preferred) including delivering, securing/managing, and troubleshooting complex issues.
• Experience in a DevSecOps environment with configuration management and automation / IaC concepts.

Responsibilities

• Familiarity with configuration management and engineering life-cycle best practices.
• Implementing, maintaining, troubleshooting, testing, and documenting system configurations (Win 2016/2019 & RHEL 7/8).
• Hardening systems to meet security standards.
• Maintaining COTS & GOTS software.
• Sustaining production systems (firewalls, file servers, security monitoring) for many end users.
• Interfacing with customers to provide technical guidance to resolve problems.

Skills

Sysadmin experience

Windows Admin

Linux Admin

AWS knowledge

DevSecOps practices

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Configuration management tools

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Cloud Operator with Windows and Linux administration experience to support a fully automated cloud-based IT environment for U.S. federal government missions.

The role spans the full IT project lifecycle, including security hardening, configuration management, and production support for enterprise systems. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of general SysAdmin experience, cloud (AWS) exposure, and DevSecOps practices.