Cloud Platform Engineer

Accenture Federal Services•Lorton, VA

11h

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to make the US federal government stronger and safer, and to improve lives. We are a technology company within global Accenture, with over 13,000 employees dedicated to leveraging technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. We offer a supportive community focused on growth and learning through hands-on experience and training. We are seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to manage IaaS/PaaS environments running Windows Server and RHEL systems, engineer and operate secure Azure cloud infrastructure, and adhere to security and configuration management processes. Some infrequent travel may be required.

Requirements

2 years of experience in Azure Cloud IaaS and PaaS design, deploy, and support
2 years of experience in Windows Server administration (Server 2019, 2022 preferred)
2 years of hands-on experience operating an Azure environment (ex: Logging, Monitoring, Alerting, Patching, Backups, Site Recovery)
1 year of experience with Azure RBAC and/or Access Management
Possess a DoD 8140/8570 Certification
Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Ability to develop strong professional relationships with fellow team members
Ability to work well in a team environment as well as independently
Ability to be on call as needed
TS/SCI level clearance or higher
US passport

Nice To Haves

Azure Administrator and/or Architecture Certification
Experience migrating on-prem systems to the cloud
Experience with Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery
Experience with Azure Network, Compute and Storage systems
Experience with Azure Automation
Experience with Infra as Code (IaC) - (ARM, Bicep, Terraform preferred)
Experience with Windows Server configuration management, performance testing, capacity management, system monitoring and alerting, update management and cost management
Experience implementing STIGs

Responsibilities

Managing Azure cloud platforms from both an engineering and operations prospective utilizing DevSecOps methodologies
Design, deploy and support Azure cloud native components such as availability zones, storage, serverless, network security groups, load balancers, containerization, system administration, backups, patching, etc.
Managing and monitoring identity, governance, storage, computer and virtual networks within the Azure cloud platform
Supporting Azure Monitor and log analytics for proactive monitoring and logging of Azure resources and services along with alerting, reporting and dashboarding
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud solutions and services in our Azure environments
Work independently on assigned tasks but also work well in a cross-team environment
Involved in workstreams where you are an active contributor and can speak to the progress and results of assigned tasks
Work both engineering stories from an agile board and operational tasks from a ticketing queue