Lead Cloud Windows Engineer

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company is seeking a Cloud Engineer - Windows to design, implement, and support secure, cloud-hosted Windows server environments for mission-critical applications in federal cloud or hybrid spaces.

The role builds and maintains VMs, images, and automation, configures identity, networking, storage, and monitoring to meet security, availability, performance, and cost objectives across client environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 4–7+ years of Windows system administration in cloud environments.
• Experience with scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python) and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, IAM, logging, and monitoring services.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and administer Windows server instances in public or private cloud platforms; manage images, patching, and baselines.
• Design and implement cloud networking constructs (virtual networks, subnets, NSGs, load balancers).
• Automate Windows deployment and configuration using scripting and IaC for repeatable builds and compliance.
• Integrate Windows with directory services and identity providers with strict access controls.
• Monitor and optimize Windows systems for performance, availability, and cost across cloud environments.
• Collaborate with security, DevOps, and applications teams to integrate Windows services into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery aligned with federal IT policies and standards.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and diagrams of Windows cloud architectures.

Skills

Windows server administration

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)

Scripting (PowerShell, Python)

Infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company is seeking a Cloud Engineer - Windows to design, implement, and support secure, cloud-hosted Windows server environments for mission-critical applications in federal cloud or hybrid spaces.

The role builds and maintains VMs, images, and automation, configures identity, networking, storage, and monitoring to meet security, availability, performance, and cost objectives across client environments.