Senior Cloud Engineer - GovCloud & SecOps Expert

Accenture PLC; Riverdale (UT); On-site; USD 106,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in Utah is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead cloud infrastructure design for mission-critical government workloads (IL2-IL6). You will own IaC development with Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible, and mentor junior engineers.

The role requires 5 years of cloud engineering experience, 2 years in regulated environments, and an active Secret clearance. Expect collaboration with Security teams, RMF documentation, and agile delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cloud engineering/infrastructure experience.
• 2+ years in classified or highly regulated government environments.
• Hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Experience with containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure for mission-critical government workloads across IL2-IL6 environments.
• Author and maintain Infrastructure as Code for auditable deployments.
• Architect compute, storage, and networking solutions meeting mission constraints.
• Lead technical design from requirements to implementation and handoff.
• Implement security controls, STIG compliance, and vulnerability remediation.
• Partner with Security Engineers on RMF documentation and ATO support.
• Manage identity, access, networking, and security controls per least-privilege.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Security hardening

RMF/ATO knowledge

Automation (Python/Bash/PowerShell)

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

AWS GovCloud

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in Utah is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead cloud infrastructure design for mission-critical government workloads (IL2-IL6). You will own IaC development with Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible, and mentor junior engineers.

The role requires 5 years of cloud engineering experience, 2 years in regulated environments, and an active Secret clearance. Expect collaboration with Security teams, RMF documentation, and agile delivery.