Cloud Engineer

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 and part of global Accenture, to do work that matters in 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!

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an enthusiastic and customer focused Cloud Engineer to join our team delivering mission critical platforms and capabilities.

What you’ll do:

Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure components including VPC, EKS, RDS, ECR, and Secrets Manager
Develop and maintain reusable, modular IaC templates (e.g., Terraform or equivalent)
Assist in packaging and deploying containerized applications to EKS
Integrate IAM roles and service accounts with infrastructure components
Support environment lifecycle management (dev, test, prod) via IaC
Set up monitoring and alerting using AWS CloudWatch and EKS-native tools
Configure autoscaling and optimize RDS performance settings
Create documentation, operational runbooks, and troubleshooting guides
Train customer team members on using IaC to deploy and manage resources
Serve as a liaison between program platforms

Assist with generating, maintaining, and deploying CCBs

Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of cloud systems and environments
Provide support for cloud systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all the client/server/storage/network devices
Collaborate with support teams on workload management, patch management, active directory management, onboarding, and any other troubleshooting as required
Optimize cloud system operations, resource utilization, and perform capacity analysis and planning
Provide detailed analysis and feedback to management and internal customers for escalated tickets
Support the deployment of applications across multiple classification levels
Support requirements to capabilities analysis and implementation

What you’ll need:

Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline, or 4 years of equivalent professional or military experience can be used in lieu of degree requirements
4 years of experience in AWS cloud technologies and platforms
2 years of experience in Windows Server and/or Linux Systems Administration
2 years of experience with PowerShell and/or Bash Scripting
Experience with Kubernetes
DoD 8570 Compliant with IAT Level II certification

Bonus points if you have:

AWS associate level certifications
Experience with debugging (grepping logs, stack traces, tracking down permissions issues, etc.)
Experience in software development to include: Commercial or Private git experience
Experience with DevOps (configuration management (Ansible (preferred), Chef, or Puppet), application deployment, security)
Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
General understanding of Networking principles

Security Clearance:

An active TS/SCI level clearance is required

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. 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:

$126,300—$243,100 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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.

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

Requesting An Accommodation

Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture Federal Services and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you are being considered for employment opportunities with Accenture Federal Services and need an accommodation for a disability or religious observance during the interview process or for the job you are interviewing for, please speak with your recruiter.

Other Employment Statements

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.

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