Senior Cloud Engineer

Accenture; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 111,800 - 221,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative community

Hands-on experience and training

Competitive compensation

Job summary

A leading technology company in federal services is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to optimize cloud services and ensure operational reliability. This role involves collaborating with teams in a multi-cloud environment, implementing security controls, and enhancing system performance. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in cloud engineering, strong knowledge of IAM, and skills in Terraform, AWS, Azure, and GCP. This position offers competitive compensation, with salaries ranging from $111,800 to $221,800, based on experience and qualifications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud engineering or a similar role.
• Proficiency in at least one major cloud service.
• Experience with service catalogs and account vending.

Responsibilities

• Analyze technical needs and propose cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with development teams for implementation.
• Implement least-privilege IAM for security.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Agile methodologies

IAM management

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Service enablement patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

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!

Job Description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an experienced and technically proficient Senior Cloud Engineer focused on enabling teams and provisioning secure, scalable cloud services. Will be responsible for optimizing system performance, implementing robust security controls, and ensuring operational reliability across distributed cloud environments. As a member of a multi‑cloud configuration team, the selected individual will be required to be part of an Agile scrum team and be knowledgeable in numerous development tools and technologies. You will collaborate with application teams, SRE/DevOps, security, and networking to deliver resilient workloads and accelerate delivery through CI/CD. We are glad to consider engineers that have the attitude to solve complex problems without static solutions.

Work you’ll do

• Analyze the technical needs of an organization and propose suitable cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with development teams to create and implement cloud solutions that meet business goals.
• Implement least‑privilege IAM, role‑based access, and just‑in‑time elevation for admin actions.
• Build and maintain IaC modules (e.g., Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation) for standardized provisioning of VPC/VNet, subnets, gateways, compute, storage, managed databases, messaging, and IAM roles.
• Implement service enablement patterns that accelerate team onboarding.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging cloud technologies.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years in cloud engineering or similar role.
• 5 + years of experience in the following areas:
• Proficiency in at least one major cloud (Azure, AWS, and/or GCP) with strong understanding of core services (compute, storage, networking, identity).
• Experience with service catalogs (AWS Service Catalog, Azure Blueprints/Policy + DevOps Templates, GCP Catalog) and account/subscription vending.
• Experience with Policy as Code (OPA/Gatekeeper/Conftest), pre‑commit hooks, and compliance automation.
• Experience with Serverless (Lambda, Azure Functions, and/or Cloud Functions) and event‑driven architectures.
• Exposure to data services (RDS/SQL MI/Cloud SQL, Redis/Cache, messaging/queues like SQS/Service Bus/Pub/Sub, streaming like Kafka/Kinesis/Event Hubs).
• Knowledge of CNAPP/CSPM and/or cloud‑native security tools (Defender for Cloud, Security Command Center, and/or AWS Security Hub/GuardDuty).

Bonus points if you have

• Experience working on an Agile team.
• Experience supporting the Open‑Source Network.
• Azure: AZ 104 (Administrator), AZ 305 (Architect), AZ 400 (DevOps)
• AWS: Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional), SysOps Administrator, Developer Associate
• GCP: Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect/DevOps Engineer
• Kubernetes: CKA/CKAD

Security clearance

• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance minimum, and must be willing to be immediately upgraded to TS/SCI with Poly

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/your-future-rewards-benefits) We accept applications on an on‑going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$111,800—$221,800 USD

What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.

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We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of the Accenture Federal Services Equal Opportunity Policy Statement. (https://afscommunities.force.com/careers/s/equal-opportunity-annual-policy)

Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Additionally, as an Affimative Action Employer for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

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