Principal Infrastructure Solutions Architect

📋 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 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. 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 a Principal Infrastructure Solutions Architect to lead the design, build, and automation of our cutting-edge cloud infrastructure in a DevSecOps environments. The ideal candidate is passionate about building secure, scalable, and highly available platforms to meet business needs.

As a senior-level expert in Cloud & DevSecOps, your deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes for container orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines will be instrumental in enabling our development teams to leverage a powerful, secure, and scalable self-service cloud platform.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure & Architecture:
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure environments primarily within AWS using frameworks such as the Well-Architected framework.
  • Implement and manage core AWS services, including networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53), compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS), and databases (RDS).
  • Architect and operate containerized workloads using Kubernetes, including cluster management, scaling, and security.
  • Implement AWS IAM, creating and managing roles, policies, and permissions based on the principle of least privilege.
  • Design immutable infrastructure
• DevSecOps & Automation:
  • Champion and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform to automate cloud resource provisioning and management.
  • Develop, manage, and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software delivery, integrate security best practices directly into the platform and pipelines.
  • Develop custom automation scripts and tooling (e.g., using Python, Go, or Bash) to streamline operations and eliminate manual processes, heavily focusing on the usage of API’s.
• Team Enablement & Collaboration:
  • Act as a 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.

• Divide big projects into manageable tasks for junior staff.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Must possess and maintain required DoD 8570/8140 certifications.
• 8 years of experience in any of the following and a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience:
  • Advanced-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, with strong hands-on experience in Terraform or other languages, to include advanced usage such as targeted applies, imports and more.
  • Deep experience with container orchestration, specifically in kubernetes and docker.
  • Strong command of AWS IAM roles, policies, and security best practices.
  • Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline).
  • Solid understanding of cloud networking, Linux/Unix administration, and security principles.
  • Proficiency with Git and modern GitOps workflows.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• 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 Solutions Architect - Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate/Professional
  • Security+

🎁 Benefits

The base pay range for this position in these locations is $120,400 — $295,700 USD. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

• Can start with an active Secret clearance, must be willing to obtain TS/SCI
• 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.