Senior IT Engineer

Accenture PLC; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Senior IT Engineer to lead virtualization and cloud initiatives for a DoD client. You will design enterprise solutions, optimize VMware environments, and drive cost‑effective, secure IT improvements.

The role requires strong collaboration, leadership, and a broad technical background across on‑premises and cloud platforms. Candidates must show initiative and deliver practical engineering results.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience in engineering delivery of data center or enterprise systems.
• Experience with virtualization, cloud platforms, and on-premises infrastructure.
• Background with VDI implementation and management; thin client familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical solution design for enterprise virtualization and cloud systems.
• Manage VMware vCenter environments for high availability and performance.
• Implement cloud infrastructure across multiple platforms.
• Provide leadership for monitoring, patch management, and updates.
• Design and maintain robust backup and recovery for virtual environments.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deploy innovative solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues to minimize downtime.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide complex tasks.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for enterprise systems.

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware Horizon View

NetApp

SAN/NAS

Cisco UCS

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

PowerShell

Python

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!

Senior IT Engineer Position Overview

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior IT Engineer who will utilize industry and domain knowledge and experience to perform technical analysis, develop working prototypes, and recommend best practice business changes for a DoD client and the CTO. This role will leverage extensive VMware virtualization expertise and cloud infrastructure experience to drive innovation and technical excellence. The position requires self-motivation, strong communication and collaboration skills, creativity, a broad range of technical knowledge and skill, and the ability to perform research and develop practical, cost-effective, secure, IT‑based solution recommendations to solve client business challenges.

Key Areas of Expertise

The Senior IT Engineer should be familiar with:

• Enterprise IT architecture, IT management, on-premises IT platforms, compute storage networking, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and the concepts of Agile project management and software‑defined approaches to infrastructure and software deployment
• Deep understanding of on‑premises (VMware) and clouds (AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, and/or on-premise cloud such as VMware VCF)
• VMware vSphere environment design, deployment, and optimization for mission‑critical applications
• Business acumen with the ability to understand and map business requirements to technical requirements
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementation and management using VMware Horizon View
• Storage solutions integration, including SAN/NAS technologies and NetApp storage systems
• Backup and disaster recovery strategies for enterprise environments
• Windows Server administration and Active Directory management
• Hyper‑V virtualization technology and cross‑platform virtualization strategies

Core Responsibilities

• Lead technical solution design and architecture for enterprise‑scale virtualization and cloud systems
• Manage and optimize VMware vCenter environments to ensure high availability and performance
• Implement and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions across multiple platforms
• Provide technical leadership for infrastructure monitoring, patch management, and system updates
• Design and implement robust backup and recovery solutions for virtual environments
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop and implement innovative solutions
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues to minimize downtime and maintain optimal performance
• Mentor junior team members and provide technical direction on complex engineering tasks
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for enterprise systems

Qualifications

• Minimum ten (10) years of IT experience in engineering delivery of data center, enterprise services, or enterprise scale applications (500+ Users) in any of the following areas:
• Proficiency in virtual networking configuration and VLAN management
• Experience with service engineering and/or migration into cloud platforms such as but not limited to Microsoft Azure, Google, AWS, etc.
• Background in VDI implementation and management
• Familiarity with thin client management
• Experience with scripting for automation of administrative tasks, such as but not limited to Python, Bash or PowerShell
• Knowledge of Cisco UCS environments and management
• Experience with backup solutions such as CommVault
• Understanding of federal IT compliance frameworks including NIST, FedRAMP, and DoD‑specific requirements
• Background in supporting mission‑critical applications with high availability requirements
• Minimum three (3) years' experience leading a small team, providing technical direction and delegating complex engineering tasks
• Minimum two (2) years' experience in design, developing, and/or deploying cloud-based systems with peers and C‑Suite level client leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Must possess or obtain within 6 months Security+ CE or equivalent security certification
• Deep knowledge and interest in infrastructure engineering principles and practices, and a clear ability to know how to adapt those principles to different contexts
• Experience identifying business requirements and mapping technical requirements
• Effective verbal and non‑verbal communication with peers and C‑Suite level client leadership

Clearance

• Must have at least Top Secret with SCI eligibility and ability to obtain polygraph

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, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia . 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, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:

$159,300—$180,100 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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