Windows Cloud Engineering Lead

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 99,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Cloud Engineer - Windows to design and support cloud-hosted Windows environments for mission-critical federal apps. You will build VMs, images, and automation to provision Windows workloads, while ensuring security, availability, and cost objectives in secure cloud or hybrid setups.

Responsibilities include architecting Windows servers in cloud, implementing networking, IaC automation, IAM and monitoring, plus DR and runbook

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 4–7+ years of Windows administration with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS).
• Proficient in Windows server management, image handling, patching and security hardening.
• Experience with scripting/automation and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Understanding of cloud networking, IAM, logging and monitoring.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and administer Windows server instances in cloud platforms.
• Design cloud networking constructs like VNet/subnets and load balancers.
• Automate deployment and configuration using scripting and IaC tools.
• Integrate Windows with directory services and access controls.
• Monitor and tune Windows systems for performance and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with DevOps to integrate Windows services into CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement backup, recovery, and DR aligned to federal policies.
• Maintain runbooks and diagrams describing architectures and procedures.

Skills

Windows administration

Cloud experience

Scripting & automation

Security hardening

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

PowerShell

Python

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Cloud Engineer - Windows to design and support cloud-hosted Windows environments for mission-critical federal apps. You will build VMs, images, and automation to provision Windows workloads, while ensuring security, availability, and cost objectives in secure cloud or hybrid setups.

Responsibilities include architecting Windows servers in cloud, implementing networking, IaC automation, IAM and monitoring, plus DR and runbook