Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer — AWS, CI/CD Automation

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and optimize automated CD/CI pipelines across Linux environments using AWS, Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform.

You will lead cloud strategy, oversee deployment configurations, develop standards, mentor teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable cloud services. This role requires extensive IT and cloud engineering experience in a federal context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent relevant work experience is required.
• Professional level cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, OCI, or Google Cloud are required or preferred.
• 12+ years IT experience with 5+ years cloud engineering and admin/engineering on Windows/Linux.
• Experience debugging Windows or Linux systems in detail is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead configurations to meet program and customer needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for cloud deployment and enhancements.
• Provide cloud strategy consultation and lead cloud projects.
• Develop network, storage, and compute design specs for secure cloud operations.
• Develop cloud service strategies: IAM, Security Groups, CSP-native services.
• Plan migrations and lead infrastructure deployment efforts.
• Train teams on IaC, CI/CD, and deployment processes.
• Translate high-level objectives into technical requirements.
• Validate operational requirements with project teams and clients.
• Approve documentation for cloud infrastructure best practices.

Skills

Identity Access Management

Shared Security

Backup storage infrastructure

Cloud service providers

Scripting languages

Communication skills

Project management

Collaboration skills

Information lifecycle management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Master’s Degree preferred

Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/OCI/Google Cloud)

Tools

AWS Architecture

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and optimize automated CD/CI pipelines across Linux environments using AWS, Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform.

You will lead cloud strategy, oversee deployment configurations, develop standards, mentor teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable cloud services. This role requires extensive IT and cloud engineering experience in a federal context.