HPC Cloud Engineer

Accenture-Federal-Services-2; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Cloud Engineer / HPC to support Hill AFB, Utah, handling HPC clusters, GPU-accelerated workloads, and data pipelines. The role involves operating schedulers, configuring cloud services, and collaborating in an Agile environment.

The candidate should have 2 years in cloud/infrastructure engineering, exposure to HPC or GPU computing, and proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell, with Security+ preferred.

Qualifications

• 2 years cloud or infrastructure engineering experience
• Exposure to HPC schedulers or GPU-accelerated computing
• Understanding of DevOps (CI/CD, IaC, GitOps)
• Experience with job schedulers (Slurm, PBS, etc.)
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

• HPC Operations: Support daily operation of HPC clusters
• Operate job schedulers (Slurm, PBS, etc.) and troubleshoot failures
• Support AWS ParallelCluster and/or AWS Batch provisioning
• GPU & Accelerated Computing: Configure and accelerate GPU software; setup CUDA/cuDNN
• Data Platform & Infrastructure Support: Integrate HPC with data pipelines (Kafka, Airflow, Spark); support AWS data services (EMR, Redshift, Glue); assist with IaC for cluster provisioning (Terraform, Ansible)
• Agile Delivery & Collaboration: Participate in sprints, standups, retrospectives; document configurations, runbooks, troubleshooting procedures; collaborate with Senior Cloud Engineer / HPC and data teams

Skills

Cloud engineering

HPC scheduling

Python

Bash

PowerShell

DevOps (CI/CD, IaC, GitOps)

Security+ certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS ParallelCluster

AWS Batch

Terraform

Ansible

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!

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Engineer / HPC to join our team and support our client at Hill AFB in Utah. This role focuses on high ‑ performance compute (HPC) infrastructure for compute ‑ intensive mission workloads. You will work with a Senior Cloud Engineer / HPC on cluster operations, job scheduling, and GPU ‑ accelerated workloads, gradually taking on more design responsibility over time.

The ideal candidate has hands‑on cloud engineering experience, exposure to HPC job scheduling or GPU ‑ accelerated computing, and thrives in a fast ‑ paced, mission ‑ focused environment.

What you’ll do:

HPC Operations

• Support daily operation of HPC clusters
• Operate job schedulers ( Slurm , PBS, etc.) and troubleshoot failures
• Support AWS ParallelCluster and/or AWS Batch provisioning

GPU & Accelerated Computing

• Support industry GPU software configuration & acceleration
• Assist with CUDA/ cuDNN setup and troubleshooting
• Monitor CPU/GPU utilization across node pools

Data Platform & Infrastructure Support

• Support integration of HPC compute with data pipelines (Kafka, Airflow, Spark)
• Assist with AWS data services (EMR, Redshift, Glue)
• Support IaC for cluster provisioning (Terraform, Ansible)

Agile Delivery & Collaboration

• Participate in sprints, standups, and retrospectives
• Document configurations, runbooks, and troubleshooting procedures
• Collaborate with Senior Cloud Engineer / HPC and data engineering teams

What you’ll need:

• 2 years cloud or infrastructure engineering
• Exposure to HPC schedulers or GPU ‑ accelerated computing
• Understanding of DevOps (e.g.: CI/CD, IaC , GitOps )
• Experience with job schedulers (e.g.: Slurm, PBS, etc.)
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent preferred

Bonus Points if you have:

• Familiarity with Kafka, Airflow, Spark
• Familiarity with industry GPU hardware and/or CUDA/cuDNN
• Working knowledge of AWS ParallelCluster/AWS Batch or ability to learn quickly
• Experience with AWS data services (EMR, Redshift, Glue)
• AWS certifications a plus
• Bachelor’s in CS, Engineering or related field
• Experience in classified environments (NIPR, SIPR, JWICS)

Clearance:

• Comfortable in centralized vision, decentralized command structure
• Strong Agile mindset
• Takes ownership of assigned cluster operations
• Fail ‑ fast , fail ‑ forward approach
• Growth ‑ oriented and eager to expand HPC/GPU expertise

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