Google Cloud Platform (GCP) 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

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an experienced Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Engineer to drive large-scale workload migrations to GCP for our federal clients. As a key member of our engineering team, you will be instrumental in architecting, building, and deploying secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure to support mission-critical workloads.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage GCP foundational components, including BigQuery, Secret Manager, Vertex AI, VPCs, Cloud Storage, and/or Cloud IAM.
• Execute large scale data migrations to GCP using industry best practices and migration tools (e.g., Migrate for Compute Engine).
• Implement secure cloud architectures that comply with federal cloud computing security requirements and Zero Trust principles.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, troubleshoot migration issues, and optimize costs.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 2 years focused hands-on with Google Cloud Platform.
• Proven experience executing cloud migrations (lift-and-shift, re-platforming, or refactoring).
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/GKE).

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Cloud Security Engineer Certification.
• Prior experience working on federal or DoD cloud migration projects.

🎁 Benefits

Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. The base pay range for this position in these locations is $100,200 — $203,400 USD. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

• Active Top Secret (TS) or Interim TS security clearance is required.