Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Engineer

accenturefederalservices; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a cloud engineer to lead large-scale workload migrations to Google Cloud for federal clients. You will design, build, and deploy secure, scalable cloud infrastructure to support mission-critical workloads, combining hands-on platform expertise with knowledge of federal security and compliance.

Responsibilities include deploying GCP services such as BigQuery and IAM, migrating workloads with Migrate for Compute Engine, applying Terraform IaC, and managing

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of cloud engineering experience, with at least 2 years hands-on on Google Cloud Platform.
• Proven experience migrating cloud workloads via lift‑and‑shift, re‑platforming, or refactoring.
• Strong experience with IaC (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage GCP foundational services such as BigQuery, Secret Manager, Vertex AI, VPCs, Cloud Storage, and Cloud IAM.
• Execute large-scale data and workload migrations using GCP best practices and tools such as Migrate for Compute Engine.
• Implement secure cloud architectures aligned with federal cloud computing security requirements and Zero Trust principles.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, troubleshoot migration issues, and optimize cost across environments.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code practices, preferably with Terraform, alongside CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments.
• Use containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes or GKE to support resilient workloads.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes (GKE)

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes (GKE)

Migrate for Compute Engine

BigQuery

Secret Manager

Vertex AI

VPCs

Job description

Role overview

A cloud engineering role driving large-scale workload migrations to Google Cloud for federal clients. The work centers on architecting, building, and deploying secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure that supports mission-critical workloads. It is well suited to an engineer who combines hands‑on platform expertise with a working knowledge of federal security and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage GCP foundational services such as BigQuery, Secret Manager, Vertex AI, VPCs, Cloud Storage, and Cloud IAM.
• Execute large-scale data and workload migrations using GCP best practices and tools such as Migrate for Compute Engine.
• Implement secure cloud architectures aligned with federal cloud computing security requirements and Zero Trust principles.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, troubleshoot migration issues, and optimize cost across environments.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code practices, preferably with Terraform, alongside CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments.
• Use containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes or GKE to support resilient workloads.

Requirements

• Three to five or more years of cloud engineering experience, with at least two years of hands‑on work on Google Cloud Platform.
• Proven experience executing cloud migrations including lift‑and‑shift, re‑platforming, or refactoring patterns.
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, Terraform preferred, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes or GKE.

Nice to have

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification.
• Prior experience on federal or Department of Defense cloud migration projects.

Benefits and work setup

The role requires an active Top Secret or Interim TS clearance.

Compensation is set within published geographic pay ranges, with a broad benefits package offered and applications accepted on an ongoing basis.