Cloud Engineer

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Accenture Federal Services

Compensation

$100,200 - $203,400/year

Arlington, VA

On-site

Posted April 16, 2026

Job Description

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!

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Engineer who will provide consultation services specific to our client’s environment, who will have expertise in design, deployment, and management of customer workloads. This person will understand at a deep level the structure and distribution of computing resources in AWS, Azure, etc., and can prioritize usage to most efficiently allocate funds and resources for the necessary workloads 

What you’ll do:

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

Here's what you need:

Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline, or 2 years of experience as a Cloud Systems Engineer or Systems Administrator may be substituted for a degree
2 years of experience with deploying and maintaining Kubernetes clusters (I.e TKG, Konvoy) 2 years of experience with identity management tools (i.e. active directory, KeyCloak, AWS IAM, Radiant Logic)
2 years of experience deploying and maintaining containerized applications (I.e Jira, Confluence, Mattermost, GitLab)
2 years of experience in cloud technologies and platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or other cloud service providers
2 years of experience in Windows Server and/or Linux Systems Administration
1 year of experience with PowerShell and/or Bash Scripting
DoD 8570 Compliant with IAT Level II certification (I.e Security+)

Bonus points if you have:

AWS associate level certifications 
Experience with debugging (grepping logs, stack traces, tracking down permissions issues, etc.)
Network troubleshooting (I.e. DNS, Security groups, Route Tables)
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

Clearance:

Must have an active TS/SCI level clearance

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on lab

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