AWS Cloud Engineer

Accenture Federal Services•Tampa, FL

4h•$133,400 - $170,100

About The Position

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! 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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.
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate/Professional

Responsibilities

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.
Implement and enforce security controls, encryption, and access management to meet compliance standards such as DISA STIGs directly into IaC modules and other code.
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.