HPC Cloud Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Engineer / HPC to join our team and support our client at Hill AFB in Utah. This role focuses on high-performance compute (HPC) infrastructure for compute-intensive mission workloads. You will work with a Senior Cloud Engineer / HPC on cluster operations, job scheduling, and GPU-accelerated workloads, gradually taking on more design responsibility over time.

The ideal candidate has hands-on cloud engineering experience, exposure to HPC job scheduling or GPU-accelerated computing, and thrives in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment.

🏢 About Accenture Federal Services

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🎯 The Role

Cloud Engineer / HPC supporting high-performance compute infrastructure for compute-intensive mission workloads at Hill AFB in Utah.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Support daily operation of HPC clusters
• Operate job schedulers (Slurm, PBS, etc.) and troubleshoot failures
• Support AWS ParallelCluster and/or AWS Batch provisioning
• Support industry GPU software configuration & acceleration
• Assist with CUDA/cuDNN setup and troubleshooting
• Monitor CPU/GPU utilization across node pools
• Support integration of HPC compute with data pipelines (Kafka, Airflow, Spark)
• Assist with AWS data services (EMR, Redshift, Glue)
• Support IaC for cluster provisioning (Terraform, Ansible)
• Participate in sprints, standups, and retrospectives
• Document configurations, runbooks, and troubleshooting procedures
• Collaborate with Senior Cloud Engineer / HPC and data engineering teams

📌 Required Qualifications

• 2 years cloud or infrastructure engineering
• Exposure to HPC schedulers or GPU-accelerated computing
• Understanding of DevOps (e.g.: CI/CD, IaC, GitOps)
• Experience with job schedulers (e.g.: Slurm, PBS, etc.)
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent preferred

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Familiarity with Kafka, Airflow, Spark
• Familiarity with industry GPU hardware and/or CUDA/cuDNN
• Working knowledge of AWS ParallelCluster/AWS Batch or ability to learn quickly
• Experience with AWS data services (EMR, Redshift, Glue)
• AWS certifications a plus
• Bachelor's in CS, Engineering or related field
• Experience in classified environments (NIPR, SIPR, JWICS)

🎁 Benefits

Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

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.

Active Secret clearance required; Top Secret preferred