Windows Cloud Engineer Lead — Fed Cloud & Automation

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Jackson (MS); 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 cloud-hosted Windows server environments underpinning mission-critical apps in secure federal clouds.

You will build and maintain VMs and images, automate provisioning, configure identity, networking, storage, and monitoring, and ensure security, availability, and cost objectives while collaborating with DevOps and security teams on CI/CD integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 4–7+ years in Windows system administration with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).
• Strong Windows server management, image handling, patching, and security hardening.
• Scripting and automation experience (PowerShell, Python) and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM, logging, and monitoring.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and administer Windows server instances in cloud platforms.
• Design cloud networking for Windows workloads: VNETs, subnets, NSGs, load balancers.
• Automate deployment/configuration using scripts and IaC for repeatable builds.
• Integrate Windows with directory services and access controls.
• Monitor and tune Windows systems for performance, cost, and availability.
• Collaborate with DevOps to integrate Windows services into CI/CD.
• Maintain backups, DR processes per federal IT policies.
• Document architectures, runbooks, and diagrams.

Skills

Windows Server Admin

Cloud Platforms (Azure/AWS)

Scripting

IAM & Security

Monitoring & Logs

Disaster Recovery Planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

PowerShell

Python

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Cloud Engineer - Windows to design, implement, and support cloud-hosted Windows server environments underpinning mission-critical apps in secure federal clouds.

You will build and maintain VMs and images, automate provisioning, configure identity, networking, storage, and monitoring, and ensure security, availability, and cost objectives while collaborating with DevOps and security teams on CI/CD integration.