AWS Cloud Engineer

📋 Job Overview

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!

🏢 About Accenture Federal Services

Accenture Federal Services is 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.

🎯 The Role

AFS is seeking an AWS Engineer to lead the design, build, and automation of our cutting-edge cloud infrastructure in a DevSecOps environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about building secure, scalable, and highly available platforms on AWS. Your expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container orchestration with EKS, and CI/CD pipelines will be critical to empowering our development teams with a robust, self-service platform. While our primary focus is AWS, experience in a hybrid environment and private cloud platforms such as VMware or Openshift will make you stand out.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure & Architecture:
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure environments primarily within AWS.
  • Implement and manage core AWS services, including networking (VPC, Transit Gateway), Kubernetes (EKS), compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS), and databases (RDS).
  • Architect and operate containerized workloads using Amazon EKS, including cluster management, scaling, and security.
• Security & Compliance:
  • Implement and enforce security controls, encryption, and access management to meet compliance standards such as DISA STIGs directly into IaC modules and other code.
• Team Enablement & Collaboration:
  • Act as a cloud subject matter expert, providing guidance and support to development teams to optimize their use of the platform.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate new cloud-native technologies and recommend solutions that enhance efficiency and capability.
  • Champion foundational best practices, including Git workflows and the proficient use of AI tools to accelerate development and problem-solving.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in cloud engineering
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• CompTIA Security+

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with VMware vSphere in a hybrid cloud context.
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible.
• Familiarity with other public clouds (Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Understanding of common authentication mechanisms, OIDC, OAuth2, LDAP, SAML.
• Experience contributing to open-source projects.
• One or more of the following certifications:
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate/Professional

🎁 Benefits

The base pay range for this position in these locations is $133,400 - $170,100 USD. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

• An Active TS/SCI is required